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Poor Quality Samples.
Under this heading are grouped samples of low grade or of doubtful
character.
63 or 6.8 per cent. of the total milk samples were found to be slightly
below the legal standard of composition. This shows a decided increase on
previous figures, viz.:—49 or 4.7 per cent. in 1928 and 27 or 3.2 per cent.
in 1927.
Other poor quality samples were•—1 butter, 1 boracic powder,
1 Glauber's salt, 1 cream of tartar, 1 sal volatile (slightly deficient in
alcohol), 1 jam (contained 10 per cent. of glucose), 2 flour (contained
persulphates), and 1 cheese (Fat 20.0 per cent., moisture 51.9 per cent.,
and made from milk containing 2.7 per cent. of fat).
Offences other than Adulteration.
Margarine.—In 6 cases the vendor had not complied with the requirements
of the Act with regard to labelling. In 3 of these cases the sample
had been purchased informally, in 2 cases the vendor was cautioned and in
one case legal proceedings were taken.
N 60 Unstamped wrapper. Vendor paid £2 2s. costs.
Milk.—In 3 cases for offences in connection with the bottling of milk
otherwise than on registered premises, fines totalling £6 10s. were imposed,
and costs amounting to £2 12s. were paid.
In 1 case in which the vendor was not registered as a purveyor of milk
no action was taken.
Table Jelly.—One sample B 71 (Informal), containing 90 parts of sulphur
dioxide per million was labelled in a misleading and unsatisfactory manner.
An article of food may contain preservative if the constituents from
which it is made are allowed to contain preservative. These constituents
must not, however, in the final product, contain more than the maximum
amount of preservative allowed in each constituent by the Regulations.
The article commonly sold as Table Jelly consists of gelatine and sugar
(both of which may contain preservative) with flavouring and colouring
matters. The allowed preservative found from an analysis of sample B71
totalled 150 parts sulphur dioxide per million, so that the sample which
contained 90 parts sulphur dioxide per million satisfied the requirements of
the (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations with regard to the content
of preservative.