[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross.

  • Perthshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Procurator Fiscal, another similar complaint was received. The complaint related to numerous specks ol foreign material on the inside of the glass surface of the bottle which, in the opinion of the Analyst, rendered the bottle unlit lor storage of milk. A report on the circumstances was sent to the Procurator Fiscal and the accused, who pled guilty, was lined £3. Preservatives, etc. in Food (Scotland) Regulations, 1962 Two butchers were fined for contraventions of the above Regulations. Reports were submitted to the Procurator Fiscal and the cases were dealt with by the Court as follows: 1. Mince contained 180 p.p.m. Sulphur Dioxide outwith permitted period Admonished 2. Beef Sausages contained 190 p.p.m. Sulphur Dioxide in excess of the 450 p.p.m. permitted. Fined £10. Spirit Samples A Sykes hydrometer was used to test 1,009 samples of spirits at 64 bars in 46 hotels. The types of spirits sampled and the number of samples found to be adulterated or below strength are shown in the following table: No. of Samples No. adulterated Spirit taken or below strength Brandy 93 1 Gin 76 1 Rum 156 - Vodka 64 1 Whisky 620 4 At 4% of the licensed premises visited it was found that, in the case of one or more bottles of spirit from which samples were taken, the strength was below that indicated on the label. The comparable figure for 1970 was 7%. The non-genuine samples of spirits were dealt with as follows: (a) Whisky (70° Proof) found to be 66.1° Proof ' (b) Vodka (65.5° Proof) found to be 59.1° Proof (c) Gin (70° Proof) found to be 66.5° Proof ’ Fined £35. I (d) Brandy (70° Proof) found to be 65.7° Proof ] 1 l (a) Whisky (70° Proof) found to be 66.7° Proof ) (b) Whisky (70° Proof) found to be 68.3° Proof ^ Fined £10. (c) Whisky (70° Proof) found to be 69.5° Proof * Labelling of Food Order, 1953 A formal sample of Raspberry Flavouring Essence submitted to the Analyst was reported as being in contravention of the above Order in that the labelling of the product had no declaration of the ingredients. As this was considered to be a technical offence a letter was sent to the Manufacturers asking them to amend their label to meet the requirements of the Order, or alternatively, to withdraw their stocks within a period of two months.
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