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D 1. Selling ordinary milk as pasteurised. Case dismissed under
the Probation of Offenders Act. Vendor paid £1 1s. 0d. costs.
X 64. Labelling ordinary milk "Perfectly Pasteurised." Case
dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act.
X 80. Selling pasteurised milk in a vessel which was unlabelled.
Summons withdrawn.
E 30. Selling pasteurised milk in unlabelled vessels. Case dismissed.
Vendor paid £1 1s. 0d. costs.
X 73. Selling milk without being registered. Case dismissed.
Vendor paid £1 1s. 0d. costs.
In one case for bottling milk other than on registered premises, the
defendant paid a fine of £2 with £1 1s. 0d. costs.
Margarine.—In 3 cases the vendor had not complied with the requirements
of the Act with regard to labelling. In 2 of these cases the sample
had been purchased informally and in I case the vendor was cautioned.
Public Health Department.—77 samples submitted by the Public Health
Department were made up as under:—
19 samples examined for the presence of preservative comprised:—
Tinned Okra (2), Tinned Crab (2), Tinned Salmon (2), Liquid Egg (2),
Puree de Framboises, Tinned Sourcrout, Tinned Peas and Tomato Paste
(contained traces of tin and copper).
All the above samples were free from preservative.
7 samples of Raspberry Pulp (foreign origin) contained preservative;
of these 4 contained more than 2,000 parts sulphur dioxide per million,
the legal maximum and were therefore unsatisfactory.
19 samples examined with regard to their fitness for human consumption
were:—
Unsatisfactory samples:—Chocolates, Sweets, Dried Milk, Tea
(contained 2.7 per cent. of sand), Prunes (foreign origin, contaminated
with river water), Eggs (foreign origin, resinous smell and taste
absorbed from the wooden packing boxes).
Satisfactory samples:—Soviet Butter (10), Tea (2) and Cocoa.
Miscellaneous
Samples.