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Carshalton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Meat
There are no slaughterhouses in the district hence supervision of
this commodity is restricted to storage and exposure for sale. The quantity
of meat disposed of as unfit for consumption during the year was 2604 lbs.
7 ozs.
Analyses of Food and Drugs
The samples submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis under the Food and Drugs Act and examination under related enactment, were as follows:—
| Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise wise iree-gular | Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise wise irregular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter Flour Mixture | 1 | Marzipan | 1 | ||
| Butter | 3 | Milk | 165 | ||
| Chandy | 1 | Milk, Channel Island | 24 | ||
| Cheese Spread | 1 | Mincemeat | 1 | ||
| Chili Con Carne | 1 | Minced Meat | 1 | ||
| Chocolate Spread | 1 | Minced Meat Loaf | 1 | ||
| Chop Suey with Chicken | 1 | 1 | Mineral Water | 1 | |
| Christmas Pudding | 1 | Nutmegs, ground | 1 | ||
| Coffee, French | 1 | Oil, Cooking | 1 | ||
| Colouring | 1 | Orange Drink | |||
| Confectionery, Sugar | 5 | Paste, Chicken | 1 | ||
| Cordial | 2 | Pastry, Puff | 1 | ||
| Cornflour | 2 | Peanut Butter | 1 | ||
| Corned Beef | 1 | Pepper, White | 1 | ||
| Corn Oil | 1 | Pork Luncheon Meat | 1 | ||
| Crab | 1 | Pork Pie | 1 | ||
| Cream | 1 | Potato Salad | 1 | ||
| Creamed Rice | 2 | Rhubarb in Syrup | 1 | ||
| Curry Indian Prawns | 1 | Salmon | 1 | ||
| Curried Chicken with | Saveloys | 1 | |||
| mushrooms | 1 | Sausage, Beef | 2 | ||
| Dripping | 2 | Sausage, Beef, preserved | 2 | ||
| Fish Cakes | 1 | Sausage Meat, Pork | 1 | ||
| Fruit Liquid Pectin | 1 | Soup | 4 | ||
| Gin | 3 | Steak & Kidney Pie | 1 | ||
| Glucodin | 1 | Stuffing, Sage & Onion | 1 | ||
| Ground Nut Oil | 2 | Suet, Beef | 1 | ||
| Hamburger | 1 | Summerade Crystals | 1 | ||
| Herring Fillets in | Sweet Corn | ||||
| Tomato Sauce | 1 | Tomato Puree | 1 | ||
| Honey | 2 | Tripe | 1 | 1 | |
| Ice Cream | 10 | Vegetable Salad | 1 | ||
| Ice Cream Dairy | 2 | Vinegar, Malt | 1 | ||
| Ice Cream Ready Mix ... | 1 | 1 | Walnuts, Pickled | 1 | |
| Instant Coffee | 2 | Whisky | 3 | ||
| Jam, Plum | 1 | ||||
| Lard | 2 | ||||
| Lemon Juice | 1 | ||||
| Liquid Paraffin | 1 |
The three samples reported as being irregular were as follows:—
Chop Suey with Chicken.
One of the ingredients of this article—mono sodium glutamate—was
described on the label as M.S.G. and this abbreviated description is not
an adequate description for the purpose of the Labelling of Food Order,
1953.
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