London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Surbiton 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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POOD & DRUGS (Cont.)
The Analyst's reports and details of action taken on contravening samples were as follows:—
| 1711 (informal) Sausage - pork | Contained only 51% meat instead of a minimum of 65%. Warning letter sent. |
| 1712 (informal) Sausages, Chipolata pork. | It was a sample of preserved pork sausages containing 290 p.p.m. of sulphur dioxide. |
| It was subsequently found that the label attached to these sausages had been inadvertently-damaged. | |
| 1721 (informal) Cake Mix, Chocolate | Labelling liable to mislead and ingredients not specified in a conspicuous and prominent position. |
| Manufacturers informed that Committee considered label misleading and they agreed to slightly amend wording. | |
| 1723 (informal) Iron & Yeast Tablets. | 85% deficient in ascorbic acid (vitamin C) compared with the statement on the label. |
| Formal sample taken (No. 1741)• | |
| 1726 (informal) Steak and Kidney Pudding | The article contained no kidney. Formal sample taken which was genuine. |
| 1728 (informal) Cake mix | This article contained the ingredients foi making the basic cake, with the addition of one egg, but no ingredients for icing or filling, whereas the carton in which the article was sold bore a large picture on the front panel of a cake complete with icing and filling. |
| Correspondence ensued and manufacturers interviewed but no satisfactory conclusion reached. | |
| 1729 (informal) Cake mix | This article contained the ingredients for making the basic cake, but contained no ingredients for icing or filling, whereas the carton in which the article was sold bore on the front panel a large picture of a cake complete with icing and filling. |
| Matter taken up with manufacturers who introduced a new package which though an improvement on the original was felt to be not entirely satisfactory. |
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