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The following twenty samples were submitted for special examination,
the results being shown:—
Bread (5) Non-genuine (4)
Cake Non-genuine
Cauliflower Genuine
Cherry fruit pie Non-genuine
Chicken fry crisps Genuine
Frozen chicken Non-genuine
Milk (6) Non-genuine (6)
Pineapple, canned Non-genuine
Rice Non-genuine
Shepherd's Pie Genuine
Tea Genuine
Further particulars regarding the fifteen non-genuine samples
are as follows:—
Bread (4).
Glass in loaf of bread—legal proceedings instituted—three
defendants each fined £5 plus £2 2s. 0d. costs; Foreign matter
(pieces of stale brown dough) in loaf—informal action taken;
Wire in loaf of bread—legal proceedings instituted—defendants
fined £10 plus £8 8s. 0d. costs; Loaf containing foreign
matter—jute fibres from hessian gloves used in bakery—
warning letter sent to bakery firm.
Cake.
Foreign matter found in Madeira cake was found to be a piece
of cardboard, probably from one of the packages used in the
bakehouse—warning letter sent to bakery firm.
Cherry fruit pie.
Found to contain a filter tip from a cigarette—warning letter
sent to bakery firm.
Frozen Chicken.
A complaint referred to a 'chemical' taste after the chicken
had been roasted. In the opinion of the Public Analyst the
taste was probably caused from the use of an excessive concentration
of Hypochlorite in the water used in the processing
plant—informal action taken.
Milk (6).
Dirty 1-pint milk botde containing particles of sand and
cement mortar—informal action taken; Dirty 1 pint milk
bottle containing mixture of cement and milk—legal proceedings
taken—defendants fined £20 plus £5 5s. 0d. costs;
Foreign matter in 1-pint milk bottle which proved to be a
living mould growth—warning letter sent to dairy company;
Foreign matter in botde of school milk—this foreign matter
proved to be tea leaves—informal action taken; Dirty 1-pint
milk bottle containing tea leaves and dried milk solids. The
milk solids were covered with a mould growth—warning letter
sent to dairy company; 1-pint bottle of milk containing a
small piece of glass which proved to be part of the base of a
botde—legal proceedings instituted—defendants fined £20.
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