[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 77

Hackney 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Sample	Analyst's Report	Action Taken
Instant Non-Fat Milk	Dog Sausages and that the sample is therefore deficient in meat. Contained Milk Fat 1. 2%. The Analyst was of the opinion that the description of this product as Instant Non-Fat Milk is incorrect and that the correct description is Low-Fat Dried Milk.	No further action. Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations accepts a standard for 'Non-Fat Milk' as being correct for powders containing not more than 1.5% of fat by weight.
Meat Pie	Contained meat, including fat 0.54 ounces. Under the Meat Pie and Sausage Roll Regulations, 1967, Cooked Meat Pies of this size are required to contain not less than 0.875 ounces of meat, including fat. The sample is deficient, therefore, to the extent of 0.335 ounces or 38.3% of the minimum required of meat in each pie.	Warning letter to manufacturer.
Big Mouth on a Stick Sweets	Contained colouring matter Ponceau SX. Ponceau SX is not a permitted colouring matter under the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations 1966.	Legal proceedings instituted.
Minced Beef	Contained sulphite preservative equivalent to 4630 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. The Preservatives in Food Regulations 1962, prohibit the addition of preservative to minced meat.	Legal proceedings instituted.
Frankfurter Sausages in Brine	Contained Lean Meat 39. 4%; Fat Brine 22.3%; Total Meat-Fat 61.7%. Under the Sausage and Other Meat Product Regulations 1967, Frankfurters in Brine must contain at least 70% of meat	Referred to Chief Executive and Town Clerk (Legal Section) who were doubtful whether prosecution would succeed.