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Black substance in canned luncheon meat.
Mould growth on sliced tongue.
Metal, fat and flour in jam tart.
Electric cable in congress tart.
Mould growth on custard tarts.
Mould growth on wrapped chocolate cake.
Maggots in packet of oat cakes.
Mould growth in packet of puff pastry.
Wasp in doughnut.
Insect in pastry confection.
Silverfish in pie.
Coke in canned beans.
Bandage in canned tomatoes.
White particles in canned grapefruit.
Fly in canned raspberries.
Snail in blackcurrant jam.
Bone in sausage.
Hide and hair in sausage.
Mould growth in packet of skinless sausages.
Crystals in canned tuna fish.
Paper in frozen fish finger.
Cyst in liver.
Mould growth in prepacked cheese.
Metal in bar of chocolate.
Maggot and frass in box of chocolates.
Cigarette end in packet of roasted peanuts.
Mould growth in packet of beef dripping.
Mould growth in pot of relish.
Charred paper in bottle of wine.
The number of dirty milk bottles listed above might appear to
be excessive. By arrangement with other local authorities, complaints
of this nature which are received by them are referred to me when
the bottle has been found to have been filled at one of the establishments
within the London Borough of Merton. After investigation
(and after report has been made to the Health Committee when necessary)
the facts are notified to the local authority concerned.
Sampling of Food and Drugs.
Samples of food and drugs are sent to the Public Analyst, Messrs.
Moir & Palgrave, 16 Southwark Street, S.E.1, for examination and
report. During the year 1966, 286 samples were submitted of which
236 were formal samples and 50 informal. The Public Analyst reported
that of these samples, 277 were found to be genuine, and to
comply with the relevant Acts, Orders and Regulations, and that nine
did not so comply.
Particulars of genuine samples.
Almonds, salted 1
Anadin 1
Avomine 1
Beans, butter 1
Beef—dinner 1
minced 3
Beer, ginger 1
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