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Food and Food Premises.
As Certifying Officer for Wandsworth under the Order I
have given 11 of these certificates for the export of parcels
of potted meats prepared within the Borough during the year.
Statement of work done under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts.
During the year 2,000 samples of foods and drugs were
submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis. Of these, 962
were submitted as official samples, while 1,038 were purchased
unofficially as test or informal samples. 26, or 2.59 per cent,
of the official samples, and 30, or 2.88 per cent, of the unofficial
samples were found to be adulterated or not up to
standard The total adulterations reported were 56, or 2.8
per cent, of the samples submitted.
Proceedings were instituted against the vendors of seven of
the 26 adulterated samples taken officially. In one case the
summons was dismissed with a warning. In two cases the
vendors were convicted and fined £l with £2 2s. costs, and £3
with £3 3s. costs respectively. In the other four cases the
Magistrate ordered the defendants to pay costs amounting to
£10 11s.
In one case the Inspector who was procuring samples of
milk from street vendors saw a milk vendor from an adjoining
Borough selling milk in Clapham. The Inspector asked for a
sample of milk for analysis, but the vendor replied that he had
none. The Inspector, who had seen milk in the can previously,
insisted on procuring a sample, and the vendor then threw
the whole of the milk over him, deliberately causing considerable
damage to his clothing. The sample of milk procured
proved on analysis to contam 62 per cent, of extraneous water.
The vendor was summoned for assault and for refusing to
serve the Inspector. He was iined 40s. and £3 3s. costs on the
first summons, and £l and £2 2s. costs on the second, the
Magistrate stating that it was an impudent assault on the Inspector,
who was doing his duty.