[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Hull & Goole Port Health Authority.

  • Hull and Goole (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Hull & Goole Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Four samples of Canned Meat contained less meat than the minima recommended in the Food Standards Committee Report on Canned Meat of 1962. The following is a list of the unsatis- factory samples. Their respective meat contents are also given. It was recommended that the genuine amount given in parenthesis : — article should contain P)lod-Budding (Black Pudding) 60% (65%) Chopped Ham and Pork 85% (95%) Minced Meat Loaf 60% (65%) Minced Meat Loaf 59% (65%) Creme de Foie an Porto. This, article proved to be a meat paste of satisfactory meat content. However it was reported as unsatisfactorily labelled on the grounds that an average purchaser would be unlikely to discover this from the label or the above description. Fifty-one samples were found to contravene the Preservatives in Food Regulations, 1962. Concentrated Lemon Juice. A maximum of 350 parts per million of Sulphur Dioxide is permitted as a preservative. 600 parts were found in the sample. The remaining 50 samples consisted of Cauliflower packed in brine. Imported vegetables, to be used in the manufacture of pickles, may only contain sulphur dioxide IF the seller gives to the importer an accurate statement of the amount present. Seventy samples were submitted for examination. It is assumed for the purposes, of this, report that no seller had issued a satisfactory certificate and hence all samples found to contain sulphur dioxide were reported as unsatisfactory. Of 64 samples of Cauliflowers in brine examined 50 were found to contain sulphur dioxide in amounts varying from 65 to 1, 885 parts per million. Gherkins (3 samples.) and Onions (2 samples) in brine were examined with negative results. 1 sample of prepared pickles was also examined with negative result. Onions—The outer layers were contaminated with molasses. Onions—The outer layers were black. The cause of this was not discovered. Groundnuts—This sample was found to contain a ‘ very high ’ amount of aflatoxin.