Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Sample Nos. | Articles | Analysed | Contraventions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | ||
1142 | Fish cake | 1 | 1 | ||||
1143 | |||||||
1147 | Bread | 3 | 3 | ||||
1177 | |||||||
1151 | Mint sauce | 1 | 1 | ||||
1152 | Cod liver | 1 | 1 | ||||
1153 | Sandwich Spread | 1 | 1 | ||||
1160-62 | Ice-cream | 3 | 3 | ||||
1169-70 | 2 | 2 | |||||
1163 | Pilchards in tomato sauce | 1 | 1 | ||||
1168 | Synthetic cream cake filling | 1 | 1 | ||||
1171 | Fruitade Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
1172 | Coca Cola | 1 | 1 | ||||
1173 | Adult nerve tonic | 1 | 1 | ||||
1174 | Ground Ginger | 1 | 1 | ||||
1176 | Glace Cherries | 1 | 1 | ||||
1178 | Non-alcoholic raisin wine | 1 | 1 | ||||
1180/1 | Whisky | 2 | 2 | ||||
1182 | Coffee | 1 | 1 | ||||
52 | 48 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
There were no prosecutions,
samples was as follows
action taken on contravening
1114 (formal)
Pork Sausages.
Meat content 52 per cent instead of not
less than 65 per cent. On the
instructions of the Council a warning
letter was sent to the butcher responsible
for the unsatisfactory sample.
1125 (informal)
Tomato Ketchup.
The label did not specify the ingredients
of this article as is required by the
Labelling of Food Order 1950.
Having regard to the circular from the
Ministry of Food on this subject dated
October 1950, the matter was taken up
with the Company concerned who agreed
to withdraw from sale the small remaining
stock.
1136 (formal)
Pork Sausages.
Contained 540 parts per million by
weight of sulphur dioxide which is an
added preservative. The maximum
permissible limit for sulphur dioxide
in sausages is 450 parts per million.
On the instructions of the Council
a warning letter was sent to the
Company responsible for the unsatisfactory
sample.
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