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Food seized and ordered to be destroyed by Magistrates
amounted to:—
Beef, 2 qrs. 24 1bs.; Mutton, 25 1bs. Pork, 1 qr. 8 1bs.;
Veal, 3 1bs.
Five summonses for selling and exposing unsound meat resulted
in fines totalling £25.
Purity of Food.— During the year 1,000 samples of foods and
drugs were taken for analysis under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts. As a result, 11 vendors were warned and 5 prosecutions
instituted resulting in the payment of .£11 9s. Od. in fines and
costs.
113 samples of milk for analysis were taken in the course of
delivery from farmers to retailers in the Borough. Of these 3
were found not to be genuine. 651 samples of milk were taken
in shops or in the streets of the Borough in course of delivery by
roundsmen to customers. Of these 4 were found not to be
genuine. Average percentage of adulteration of all samples of
milk procured during the year—.91.
INFORMAL SAMPLES.
37 informal samples of food were purchased or obtained for
examination. Some examples of these were:—
Lemonade.—The lemonade contained lead due to the use of
lead siphon pipe for drawing off the liquid.
Vendors using this type of apparatus have been warned and
have now ceased to use it.
Ice Cream.—Four samples of Ice Cream were obtained for
bacteriological examination, and in three cases there was distinct
evidence of contamination during some period of manufacture,
storage or exposure for sale.