[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The laboratory has during the year provided an analytical service dealing with samples submitted under the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act, 1956, and related legislation for the County Council. It has carried out a great deal of analytical work connected with the determination of the quality of drinking water, and water supplies, sewage effluent, and streams. A further considerable part of the work undertaken consisted of analyses relating to the estimation of atmospheric pollution occurring in many parts of the County. The number of samples submitted under Section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, increased again this year. To a smaller degree the Laboratory’s services were available to, and used by other Departments of the County Council. A small section of the Labora- tory’s work, but one which frequently requires the greatest skUl and experience, is that dealing with the group ‘Miscellaneous Samples*. The mid-1966 population of the area served by the Laboratory was 360,884. The total number of food and drugs samples submitted by the Sampling Officers was 1470, the sampling rate was 3.98 per 1,000 population. Six new or amended Regulations were made during 1966. The Food Standards Committee and the Food Additives and Con- taminants Committee issued Reports which were published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The new Regulations were:- The Cheese (Scotland) Regulations, 1966. The Skimmed Milk with Non-Milk Fat (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966. The Food Hygiene (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966. The Salad Cream (Scotland) Regulations, 1966. The Butter (Scotland) Regulations, 1966. The Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food (Scotland) Regulations, 1966. The Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Regulations, 1966. The Reports published were:- The Food Standards Committee Report on Claims and Mis- leading Descriptions. The Food Additives and Contaminants Committee Report on Solvents. The Food Additives and Contaminants Committee Report on Cyclamates. The Cheese (Scotland) Regulations which come into operation in February, 1967, apply compositional requirements fdr the composition and description of cheese including hard cheese, soft and cream cheese, processed cheese and cheese spread. It also specifies requirements for the labelling and advertise- ment of cheese, processed cheese, cheese spread and com- pound products.