[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough.
- Peterborough (England). County Council.
- Date:
- 1953
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SECTION IV INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD Food and Drugs Act, 1938 I have to thank Mr. J. J. Cole, the County Inspector of Food and Dru for the following report on the work carried out in the year 1953 :— REPORT OF THE COUNTY INSPECTOR OF FOOD AND DRUGS FOR THE YEAR 1953 ] During the year 1953, one hundred and eight samples were taken 1 chemical analyses and fifteen for bacteriological examination. All with t exception of eight samples of milk and two of sausages were up to standa or otherwise complying with the Ministry of Food Orders or Regulatioi The articles consisted of the following Baking Powder 1; Brawn 1; Coffee 1; Coffee and Chicory 2; Confectione 3; Cream, Sterilised 2; Cream, Synthetic 1; Curry Powder 1; Ice Cream Evaporated Milk 1; Irish Stew 1; Jam 3; Jam Roll 1; “ Kilkof ” 1; Me Paste 4; Meat Pie 2; Milk 42; Minced Peel 1; Mincemeat 1; Pepper Pork Pie 1; Raising Powder 1; Sausages (Pork) 8; Sausages (Beef) Shredded Beef Suet 2; Soft Drinks 6; Spirits 2; Table Jelly 4; Toma Ketchup 1; Tomato Sauce 1; Tunney Fish Meat 1; Vinegar 1. Milk. Forty-two samples of this essential commodity were taken and wi the exception of eight were of excellent quality, with an average milk-fat conte of 3.56 per cent and milk-solids other than milk-fat 8.71 per cent. The eig faulty samples were from four farmers selling by wholesale to two large mi proprietors with pasteurising plants. The eight samples were short in fat solids and the analyst certified that the milks were in their natural state witho any addition or subtraction. In one case it was found by “ appeal to cow samples that the cows were giving milk below standard, and in the others th if the morning’s and evening’s milks were bulked, as they would be by tl purchasers, the resultant would be above standard. Five milks were bacteriologically examined and they conformed to the standard. Three were not up to standard but samples subsequently taken we quite satisfactory. Ice Cream. Eight samples analysed were found to be far above tl minimum standard fixed which is :— Fat 5.0 per cent, Sugar 10.0 per cent ar Milk-Solids 7.5 per cent. The average percentages respectively were 9.95, 12.54 and 10.13. Seven of the samples, on bacteriological examination were graded two Grade I, four Grade II and one Grade III. Sausages. The meat content of eight pork sausage samples ranged fro 60.0 per cent to 83.8 per cent with an average of 67.78 per cent. The adopfc standard is 65.0 per cent. Two were below the standard with 60.0 and 60 per cent meat. It was decided that no action should be taken other than cautionary letter to each seller. J. J. COLE, County Inspector of Food and Drug](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29988238_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
