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86 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1932.
submitted as official samples while 1,000 were purchased unofficially
as test or informal samples. 15 or 1.49 per cent. of the
official samples, and six or .6 per cent. of the unofficial samples
were found to be adulterated or not up to standard. The total
adulterations reported were 21 or 1.04 per cent. of the samples
submitted.
TABLE XLIII.
RESULT OF ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF FOOD PRO
CURED UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT,
1928, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE ADULTERATED COMPARED
WITH 1928, 1929, 1930, AND 1931.
Percentage of Samples
adulterated, 1927-1931.
No. of
samples in 1932.
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
Examined.
Found adulterated
or not up
to standard
Percentage
adulterated
Butter
3.4
1.6
.18
.41
204
—
—
Cheese
—
—
—
—
16
—
—
Cocoa
—
—
—
—
15
—
—
Coffee
—
—
—
—
22
—
—
Confectionery and Jam
—
—
—
—
30
—
—
Cream
—
.50
.43
—
85
—
—
Margarine
—
—
—
—
17
—
—
Milk
2.6
1.6
2.3
1.6
965
13
1.3
Separated Milk
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
Condensed Milk
—
—
—
—
20
—
—
Mustard
—
—
—
—
4
—
—
Sugar
—
—
—
—
9
—
—
Tea
—
—
—
—
21
—
—
Vinegar
—
3.7
28.4
14.2
35
2
5.7
Drugs
15.3
2.3
—
—
63
2
3.3
Other Articles
3.0
3.4
1.8
1.0
498
4
.86
All Articles
2.8
3.4
1.4
1.2
2005
21
1.04