[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Dumfries County Council.

  • Dumfriesshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Dumfries County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Food and Drugs Act. Three hundred and sixty samples in all were submitted by the Joint Committee of Dumfriesshire and the County Councils of Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire. Particulars of these are shown in Appendix EL Details of the 16 (4%) certified as not genuine are given in Table 6. Table 6. Dumfries. Adulterated Samples. Sample No. Fat. N.F.S. Ash. F.P.Dep. Remarks. *1187 Milk •75% 9-08% •76% — 75% Def. Fat. 1200 Milk 3-12% 7-54% •64% •476° C. 11 % added water. 1275 Milk 3-85% 8-34% •69% •507° C. 1 % added water. Kirkcudbright. *1667 Milk 3-50% 8-32% •67% •518° C. 2% added water. Wigtown. *1001 Milk 3-00% 6-94% •59% •420° C. 18% added water. *1021 Milk 3-10% 8-14% •68% •503° C. 4% added water. *1026 Milk 3-27% 8-12% •68% •513° C. 3% added water. 1 Milk 3-76% 7-85% •70% •484° C. 7% added water. 19 Milk 3-22% 8-08% •70% •516° C. 4% added water. 211 Mince ... Sulphite Preservative equivalent to Sulphur Dioxide...63 parts per million. Dumfries. *1193 Lard ... ... Consists largely of Fat of Vegetable Origin. *1222 Lard ... ... Consists largely of Fat of Vegetable Origin. Kirkcudbright. *5 Lard ... ... Consists largely of Fat of Vegetable Origin. *210 Seidlitz Powder ... Contains excess of Rochelle Salt—2-3 grams. Wigtown. 6 Lard ... ... Consists largely of Fat of Vegetable Origin. 10 Lard ... ... Consists largely of Fat of Vegetable Origin. * Informal Samples. Successful proceedings were instituted in respect of Milk sample Dumfries No. 1200, but on account of extenuating cir- cumstances the penalty was limited to an admonition. Pro- ceedings were also instituted in respect of Wigtown No. 1. The deficiencies in the remaining formal Milk samples did not warrant further action, and proceedings cannot be based on informal samples. A warning was issued to the vendor of Mince No. 216, and a later sample proved satisfactory. The excess of Rochelle Salt in Seidlitz Powder (Kirkcud- bright No. 210) can hardly be considered to the prejudice of the