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Pasteurised
Milk.
One informal sample of milk sold as pasteurised milk was 10 0 per cent,
deficient in fat.
Separated
Milk
3 samples examined consisted of genuine skimmed milk. In each case
the churn was labelled "Separated Milk."
Drugs.
Of 91 drugs examined 3 or 3.3 per cent. failed to comply with the
requirements of the British Pharmacopoeia and were returned as adulterated.
K 29 Boracic Powder (Informal). Contained 80 parts lead per
million. A further sample taken formally from the same vendor
was genuine.
The British Pharmacopoeia allows a maximum of 25 parts
of lead per million parts of boracic powder.
A 26 Sweet Spirit of Nitre (Informal). Deficient in ethyl nitrite
to the extent of 55.9 per cent.
A 32 Sweet Spirit of Nitre (Same vendor as A 26). Deficient in ethyl
nitrite to the extent of 59.9 per cent.
Vendor fined 5s. with £l 1s. 0d. costs.
Poor Quality
Samples.
These include samples of inferior grade or of a doubtful character and
are 38 in number.
24 of these samples consisted of milk. Other poor quality samples
were:—8 margarine and 2 butter (contained a slight excess of moisture),
2 flour (contained traces of persulphates) and 2 glycerine (slightly deficient
in glycerine).
Offences
other than
Adulteration
These are 15 in number and include 4 unsatisfactory milk samples
previously referred to under the "Bacteriological examination of milk."
The remaining offences are:—
Milk.
E 8. Labelled "Milk from cows certified free from tuberculosis."
Vendor cautioned.
E 12. Labelled "Guaranteed pure milk from our own certified
healthy cows." Vendor cautioned.
With regard to the above samples, the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922, prohibits the use of any description or designation including or
resembling the descriptions or designations applied to graded milks by the
Milk (Special Designations) Order 1923.