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The number of complaints received during the year regarding
unsound food was 336. These included references to extraneous
matter in food and a detailed investigation was made in each case.
Informal action was taken in the majority of cases, but certain of the
items marked * in the following list were the subject of legal proceedings.
Foreign bodies found in bread:—
Mouldy bread (7).
Metal in loaf (3)***.
Metal bolt in loaf*.
Old dough baked in loaf.
Discolouration in loaf (2).
Grease in bread (3).
Rubber ring in loaf.
Insects baked in bread (2).
Foreign matter in bread (2).
Hair in bread roll.
Grey colour in bread roll.
Foreign matter in bread roll.
Dirty milk bottles (25)**************
Foil cap in milk (2).
Glass in milk.
Sour milk (4)**.
Black spots in milk (3).
Bitter taste to milk.
Peach stone in milk*.
Black sediment in milk.
Slug in milk.
Macaroni in milk.
Paper in milk.
Cigarette in milk*.
Plastic drinking straw in milk*.
Mouldy pancakes.
Mouldy fruit pie (2).
Mouldy cheese (7)*.
Mouldy canned peaches.
Mouldy canned baby food (4).
Mouldy apple strudels.
Mouldy sausages (3)*.
Mouldy pork pie.
Mouldy lambs tongues.
Mouldy tea.
Mouldy pasties (2)**.
Mouldy duck pate.
Mouldy steak and kidney pie.
Mouldy butter*.
Mouldy baked beans.
No rice in canned rice pudding.
Rodent droppings in cake filling*.
Insect in canned pineapple.
Insect larvae in baby food.
Insect in coriander seed*.
Insects in canned apricots.
Insects in cereal.
Insects in yoghurt.
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