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2280 (informal)
(Assorted Liqueur
Chocolates)
FOOD & DRUGS (Cont).
Consisted of liqueur chocolates
containing spirituous centres consisting
of a mixture of about one half genuine
liqueurs and one half syrup.
This article was described on the top
of the box container as "Assorted
Liqueur Chocolates Genuine Liqueur
Centres", but the latter part of this
description was not strictly true.
The Public Analyst accepted these
chocolates as genuine and of excellent
quality but felt bound to take
exception to the additional words on
the label "Genuine Liqueur Centres"
which he regarded as meaning that the
centres consisted of genuine liqueurs
as such. In fact, a proportion of
syrup in some form or another is essential
in the manufacture of these centres
and the words are not therefore strictly
accurate.
After some correspondence the
manufacturers agreed that they would
omit the three words altogether from
future productions so that there could
be no possibility of purchasers being
misled in any way by the description.
2317 (informal)
(Sausages - pork)
Contained preservative Sulphur Dioxide
270 p.p.m. which was not declared.
It was subsequently found that a
"preservative" notice was exhibited in
the shop but it had become obscured.
Request for more conspicuous display
was duly complied with.
2330 (informal)
(Sardinesin Olive Oil)
Contained 2.1% of added salt which
was not declared on the label.
Company concerned stated that this
purchase must have been from old stock
and they undertook to check stock in all
their stores and remove from sale any
found to be improperly labelled.
2337 (informal)
(Sardines in Olive Oil)
Contained 1.0% of added salt which
was not declared on the label.
Assurance received from importers that
current stocks are labelled "with
added salt". The sample must have been
a can printed some years ago.
2361 (informal)
(Brisling in Olive Oil'
Contained 1.7% of added salt v/hich was
not specified on the label. The matter
was taken up with the packers who stated
that in 1959 they only packed a small
quantity of brisling and none during
1960. They had overlooked the necessity
to declare the presence of salt but any
new labels would be correctly worded if
they re-commenced packing.
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