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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Redbridge 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 30
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT 1955 List of samples obtained and action taken regarding unsatisfactory samples in 1965
| Description | Formal | Informal | Description | Formal | Informal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackcurrant Health Drink | 1 | - | 26 | 18 | |
| Bread Roll | - | 1* | Liquid Paraffin | - | 1 |
| Bread | - | 1* | Milkie Loaf | 1 | - |
| Bacon | - | 1 | Minced Onion | 1 | - |
| Butter Ginger | 1 | - | Milk | 5 | 3* |
| Chicken Curry | 1 | - | Meat Pudding | - | 1 |
| Chilli Powder | 1 | - | Minced Beef | - | 1 |
| Cho-Cho | 1 | - | Orange Nectar | 1* | - |
| Coconut, Creamed | 1 | - | Onion Salt | 1 | - |
| Corn Oil | 1 | - | Olive Oil | - | 1 |
| Crisps | 1 | - | Pea Nut Crumble | 1 | - |
| Chicken, Continental | 1 | - | Pea Nut Butter | 1 | - |
| Cockles | 1 | - | Pumpernickel | 1 | - |
| Cocktail Cherries | - | 1 | Pate de Fois | 1 | - |
| Cheese, smoked | - | 1 | Patum Peperium | 1 | - |
| Cheese | - | 1 | Pheasant Consomme | 1 | - |
| Cold & Influenza Mixture | - | 1 | Puff Crackne | 1* | - |
| Castor Oil | - | 1 | Pepper, Ground Black | - | 1 |
| Coffee, instant | 1 | - | Pepper, Cayenne | - | 1 |
| Corned Beef | - | 2* | Raspberries | 1 | - |
| Creamed Horseradish | 1 | - | Raspberry Conserve | 1 | - |
| Cinamon, Ground | - | 1 | Root Liquorice | - | 1* |
| Calves Liver Sausage | 1 | - | Sauerkraut | 1 | - |
| Dried Onion | 1 | - | Savory Tango | 1 | - |
| Dairy Topping | 1 | - | Sausages, cocktail | 1 | - |
| Egg Noodles | 1 | - | Sausages, beef | 1 | - |
| French Cream Slices | 1* | - | Soup | 3 | - |
| Fruit Salad | 1 | - | Steaklets | 1 | - |
| Flour, self-raising | 1 | - | Strawberries in Syrup | 1 | - |
| Frankfurters | - | 1 | Salts, Fynnon | 1 | - |
| Ginger Marmalade | 1 | - | Syrup of Honey Pine | - | 1 |
| Halva | 1 | - | Sardine&Tomato Paste | 1 | - |
| Hamburgers | 1 | - | Smoked Salmon Mayonaise | 1 | - |
| Horseradish Sauce | - | 1 | Tomatoes, peeled | 1 | - |
| Instant Coffee | 1 | - | Tomato, puree | 1 | - |
| Instant Milk | - | 1 | Twirl | 1 | - |
| Jaffa Oranges | 1 | - | Vienee Sausage | 1 | - |
| Lemon S.quash | 1 | - | Wine Cured Cheese | 1 | - |
| Lemon Shandy | 1 | - | Wine Vinegar | 1 | - |
| Liqueur Chocolate | - | 1* | Sliced pressed Ham | - | 1* |
| Linctus, Gees | - | 2 | Yeastvit | 1 | - |
| Linctus, Junior | - | 1 | Total | 63 | 30 |
| 26 | 18 |
*Unsatisfactory samples — see details following.