[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough.

  • Derby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A standanl f(ir Sausage and Sausage Meat was contained in the Meat JProducts (No. 3) Order, but this Order was revoked as from the 1st March, 11953, and no statutory standard for these products now exists. This .seems Ito he a retr(.)grade step. Manufactured foods, the composition of whicli can be controlled quite closely, are the ones for which standards are desirable, land without standai'ds and without ju'o]jei’ activity by the Food & Drugs I Authorities, the quality of such foods can easily deteriorate. No samples of Sausage or Sausage Meat were submitted for examination Muring the year. Preservatives. The Public Health (Preservatives, Etc., in Pood) Regulations prohibit (the use of pre.servatives genei-ally, but permit the use of Sulphur Dioxide and iBenzoic Acid in limited amounts in certain specified foods. In some instances the presence of these preservatives has to be declared either on the label or by notice exhibited at the time of sale. Certain additional provisions were I made during the war under Regulation 60 CAA of the Defence (General) I Regulations. This regulation has now^ been revoked but some of the pro- ,visions, including that allowing the use of Sulphur Dioxide in various dehydrated vegetables, have been retained in an amendment to the Preservatives in Food Regulations. All appropriate samples of foods submitted during the year were fexamined fur the presence of preservatives and all found to comply with I the Regulations. 6. Fertilisers & Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926. During the year, 29 samples, listed below, w^ere submitted for examination I under the above Act. Fertilisers. Basic Slag ... Compound Fertiliser Dried Blood Muriate of Potash Nitro Chalk Steamed Bone Meal Sulphate of Ammonia Sulphate of Potash Superphosphate 1 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 1