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Officer under thin Act, and submitted to the Public Analyst, Mr.
Martin Priest, F.I.C., at his laboratory, 4, Obelisk Parade, Lewisham.
Of these samples 32 were purchased without disclosing to the
vendor that the samples were to be analysed.
The number of informal samples obtained this year is less than
in previous years.
The variety of formal and informal samples taken, and the
action that the appropriate Committee directed should be taken
against vendors of adulterated articles, are sot out respectively
under Tables "A" and "B" and are in the form suggested by
the Ministry of Health Memorandum No. 30, dated January 1929,
on procedure under the Food and Drugs Act, etc.
The practice of sending cards to retailers of genuine samples
informing them that they need not retain the portion of the sample
left with them is still much appreciated by the traders.
The cards so sent in 1932 numbered 673.
It is worthy of reiteration that with very few exceptions there
appears to bo a genuine desire upon the part of the wholesale and
retail trade in Camberwell to supply the public with articles of food
that are genuine and wholesome, as well as to comply with the
requirements of the Acts, Orders and Regulations in force dealing
with foodstuffs.
Butter Factories and Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.
Under Section 8 of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act,
1928, butter factories and wholesale dealers in margarine have to
be registered by the Local Authority.
At the end of the year the names of 23 wholesale dealers in
margarine appeared on the register.
Milk.
During the year 608 formal samples of milk and one sample
of separated milk were submitted for analysis.
Of these, 0 of the former were found to be adulterated, the
percentage of adulteration 0.98 being the lowest recorded during
the past, twelve years.
In no instance was the adulterat ion due to added water.
In 3 cases the legal presumption "abstraction" of cream
was again undoubtedly due to the neglect on the part of the vendors
to thoroughly mix the contents when serving a portion of the
milk from pint or quart bottles freshly opened, resulting in the
first, customers served therefrom obtaining the greater part of the
fat content.
Twenty informal samples were all reported as genuine.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1920.
Under the provisions of Section 31, sub-section 2, a person who
delivers milk in bottles shall cause every such receptacle to be filled
and closed on registered premises.