[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) Adulteration, etc—Food and Drugs Act, 1938. The following is a record of the samples taken Almonds, Ground Aspirin Tablets Butter Castor Oil Cheese Coffee Confectionery—Chocolate ,, —Flour ,, —Sugar Cooked Pressed Beef Cooking Fat ... Cream Dripping Flour Gin Ice Cream Jam, Strawberry Malt Vinegar Margarine Marmalade Meat Paste Milk. Milk, Flavoured Mincemeat Olive Oil Orange Drink Rum ... Saccharine Tablets ... Sauce ... Sausages—Beef ,, —Pork Tea Veal, Jellied ... Whisky Formal Informal No. of Not No. of Not Samples Genuine Samples Genuine 1 — 4 — — — 1 — 4 4 1 - 1 — 1 — 1 — — — — — 1 — — — 1 — — — 1 — — — 1 — — — 1 — — — 6 — 1 — 2 — 1 — — — — — 1 — — — 11 — — — 1 — 1 — 1 — 3 — 3 — — — 1 — _ — 1 — 30 3 10 - — — 1 — — — 1 — 1 — — — — — 2 — — — 1 — — — 1 — — — 1 — 1 — 2 1 1 — 2 — 2 — — — — — 1 — — — 1 — Total ... 48 3 66 1 The formal samples found adulterated or otherwise giving rise to irregularity were as follows :— A sample of milk contained not more than 2.97 per cent, of milk-fat, the analysis thus indicating a deficiency of milk-fat amount¬ ing to not less than 1 per cent, of the proper proportion. A warning letter was sent to the producer. A sample of milk contained not more than 2.31 per cent, of milk-fat, the analysis thus indicating a deficiency of milk-fat amounting to not less than 2.3 per cent, of the proper proportion. A warning letter was sent to the producer. A sample of milk contained 2 per cent, added water and was 11 per cent, deficient in milk-fat: and a warning letter was sent to the producer. The informal samples found adulterated or otherwise giving rise to irregularity were as follows :— A sample of beef sausages was 8 per cent, deficient in the proper proportion of meat: and in this case the vendor was warned.