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All complaints are investigated, and this includes interviews
with complainants, and with vendors, visits to places of
sale, storage and manufacture or processing, and consultations with the
Public Analyst and with other persons concerned. Informal action is
taken when it appears impracticable to recommend legal proceedings,
or when the complainant is unwilling to give evidence as to purchase.
Investigation of food complaints has one end in view—the prevention
of a recurrence of the incident.
Other Legal Proceedings.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955—Section 2.
Mouldy Boursin cheese—defendants pleaded guilty—fined
£25 with £10 costs.
Maggot in cheese and tomato roll—defendants pleaded guilty
—fined £40 with £11 costs.
Sour condition of cream sold out of date—defendants pleaded
guilty—fined £10 with £7 costs.
When a packet of skinless sausages were opened they were
found to be affected by mould—sold out of date—defendants
pleaded guilty—fined £25 with £7 costs.
Live maggots under the skin of a cooked hind quarter of
chicken—defendants pleaded guilty—fined £10 with £7.50
costs and expenses.
A white nylon bearing contained within a can of garden peas
—vendors pleaded warranty—proceedings against packers
who pleaded guilty—fined £10 with £7 costs.
A number of live ants were found in a carton of six bakewell
tarts which were purchased from a shop with an ant infestation—defendant
pleaded guilty—fined £20 with £10 costs.
Two pieces of wood were found in the contents of a can of
blackberries—vendors pleaded warranty—proceedings against
packers who pleaded guilty—fined £20 with £7 costs.
A prewrapped half pound packet of butter which when
opened was found to be affected by a mould growth—proceedings
against vendor who pleaded not guilty—case not
proven—costs of £30 against Council.
Fragments of glass in a jar of tomato ketchup—legal proceedings
against manufacturers who pleaded guilty—fined £25
with £7 costs.
Mouldy meat and vegetable pasty—sold out of date—over
one month old—vendor pleaded guilty—fined £10 with £7
costs.
Four small pieces of metal were found in the substance of a
piece of prewrapped Edam cheese—legal proceedings against
vendor who pleaded guilty—fined £20 with £10 costs.
A small piece of jagged metal embedded and baked in the
surface of a loaf—the bakers of the loaf pleaded guilty and
were fined £25 with £10 costs.
A piece of metal protruding from a slice of bread taken from
a cut loaf, proved to be a headless bolt—the bakers, pleading
guilty were fined £30 with £11 costs.
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