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2274 (informal)
(Sausages- pork)
FOOD & DRUGS (Cont.)
Contained Sulphur dioxide
340 p.p.m. which was not declared.
The sausages were made by a local
butcher who does not use preservative.
Samples of ingredients and further
samples of the sausages failed to
reveal any preservative.
2270 (informal)
2277 (formal)
(Confectionery- chocolate,
Cherry Brandy Likor Flip2
samples).
These articles simulated liqueur
chocolates in outward appearance,
but consisted of small chocolate
bottles containing a pink paste
inside. This paste contained only
7.2% of proof spirit and had been
prepared with sugar and a little
spirit of some kind and was
artificially coloured and flavoured.
Cherry Brandy contains 40% or more
of proof spirit and from the
description of this article as
Likor Flip, the Public Analyst says
he would expect the chocolate casing
to contain fluid contents including
a high proportion of cherry brandy
and that the alcohol content would
amount to 25 per cent or more of
proof spirit.
The matter was taken up with the
manufacturers who eventually
produced labels which they said were
issued to retailers but which were
not in fact displayed in the shop
where the purchases were made. Had
they been exhibited they would have
given a clearer description of the
article than the words printed on the
individual imitation bottles.
Advice was given to the manufacturers
both as to labelling and in connection
with possible deterioration with the
passage of time.
2278 (informal)
(Chocolate Liqueurs)
This article was one of imitation
liqueur chocolates, the liquid centres
of which consisted of a non-spirituous
flavoured syrup.
As a result of investigation we were
satisfied that the article was not
intended to be sold as real chocolate
liqueurs; the retailer had not
displayed the price ticket (since
produced) which describes them as
"Chocolate Filled Bottles(6 Liqueur
Flavours)" which is a more accurate
description but not quite in accordance
with the views of the Ministry of Food,
The importers undertook to use a more
suitable description for future
consignments.
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