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Hair in frozen fish finger.
Metal in can of soup.
Yellow marks on skinless sausages.
Metal clip in canned corn beef.
Foreign body in bottle of vinegar.
Larvae and pupae in bags of flour.
Drinking straw in capped bottle of drink.
By arrangement with other local authorities, complaints concerning
dirty milk bottles 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 were sent to the Public Analyst, Messrs.
Moir & Palgrave, 16 Southwark Street, S.E.I, for examination and
report. During the year 1967, 442 samples were submitted of which
250 were formal samples and 192 informal. The Public Analyst reported
that of these samples, 420 were found to be genuine, and to
comply with the relevant Acts, Orders and Regulations, and that 22
did not so comply.
Particulars of genuine samples.
American ginger ale 1
American lard 1
Apple fruit pie 1
Apple juice 1
Apple sponge pudding 1
Apricot filling 1
Apricot fruit pie 1
Apricot pudding 1
Asparagus spears 1
Assorted wafers 1
Bacon fingers 1
Bacon grill 1
Baked beans in tomato sauce 2
Barbecue sauce 1
Beef broth 1
Beef curry 1
Beef patties 1
Beef sausages 3
Beef steak with gravy 1
Beef steak pie with kidney 1
Beef suet 1
Belgian waffles 1
Biscuits 12
Bisk-o-lait 1
Blackcurrant and apple pie 1
Blackcurrant health drink 1
Blackcurrant jam 1
Blackcurrant pie filling 1
Blackcurrants in syrup 2
Black pudding 1
Boric acid crystals 1
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