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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
Hackney 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Labelling.
Where preservatives as allowed are used in Sausages,
Sausage Meat, Coffee Extract, Pickles and Sauces, and where the
proportion of benzoic acid exceeds 600 parts per million in grape
juice and wine, the purchaser must be notified by label or notice and
the nature and amount of preservative present in any article sold
as a food preservative must be stated.
PART I.—Articles of food which may contain Preservative and nature
and Proportion of Preservative in each case:—
The articles of food specified in the first column of the following table may contain the preservative specified in the second column in proportions not exceeding the number of parts (estimated by weight) per million specified in the third column:—
| Food. | Preservative. | Parts per Million. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sausages and sausage meat, containing raw meat, cereals and condiments | Sulphur dioxide. | 450 |
| 2. Fruit and fruit pulp (not dried) for conversion into jam or crystallised glace or cured fruit as defined in items 6 and 7:— | ||
| (a) Cherries | do. | 3,000 |
| (b) Strawberries and Raspberries | do. | 2,000 |
| (c) Other fruit | do. | 1,500 |
| 3. Dried fruit:— | ||
| (a) Apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples and pears | do. | 2,000 |
| (b) Raisins and sultanas | do. | 750 |
| 4. Unfermented grape juice and nonalcoholic wine made from such grape juice if labelled in accordance with the rules contained in the Second Schedule to these Regulations | Benzoic Acid. | 2,000 |
| 5. Other non-alcoholic wines, cordials and fruit juices, sweetened or unsweetened. | Either Sulphur dioxide or Benzoic Acid. | 350 600 |
| 6. Jam (including marmalade and fruit jelly prepared in the way in which jam is prepared) | Sulphur dioxide. | 40 |
| 7. Crystallised glace or cured fruit (including candied peel) | do. | 100 |
| 7a. Fruit and fruit pulp not otherwise specified in this Schedule | do. | 350 |
| 8. Sugar (including solid glucose) | do. | 70 |
| 9. Corn syrup (liquid glucose) | do. | 450 |