[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull County Borough.

  • Solihull (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vendors' premises where pre packed and/or loose ice cream was sold were as follows;- Selling pre-packed ice cream only 1 Selling pre packed and loose ice cream The methylene blue test was used for estimating the bacteriological qualityo The results of tests are divided inr four gradesp Forty two samples were submitted to the testo The analyst was unable to examine six of the above sam because the air temperature, at the time of submission of thr samples to the Laboratory, was in excess of that permitted. Results of the remaining 36 samples are as follows Grades 1234 No,of samples 23 8 4 1 Grade 1 is the highest grade and ice=cream placed in Grades 1 and 2 are regarded as satisfactory. Analysis of Ice-Cream Samples for Fat Content, Sucrose and H Sol ids. No,-, of Samples Satisfactory 22 22 By the Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1953 Ice Cre is required to contain 5% fat, 10% sugar and lVi% milk solids: other than fat. In the case of Dai ry Ice Cream, Dairy Cream or Cream Ice, the fat must be milk fat. Hie results of sampl. show that ice cream sold in the area has a higher solid cont than the legal standard. !ced Lol1ipops Of 194 Vendors of iced lollipops in the area, 2 are manufacturing the product they sell by retail, SIaughterhouses Annual Licences were issued in respect of 4 slaughterh:
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