[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    .'Jo. Description. Nature of Offence. Action taken and results of legal proceedings. 1389 Clin Incorrect label. No name or address. Very old stock. No alcoholic strength. 1523 Cheese Str:i\vs (Informal) Incorrect label. No slateinenl of Old stock. .Ml old wrajijiers used u[>. name or address or weight. New ones conformed to the re- (piirements of the Order. 1578 Glace Frail (Informal) 1 Incorrect label. List of ingrcili- r Importers informed and have taken 2213 Glace Fruit (Informal) [ cuts incorrect. J J 1 the matter up with their Australian agents. Information also sent to the Ministry of Food. 1666 Sausage Meat ... 14% deficient of meat Resample at a future date. 1766 Salad Dressing (Informal) Incorrect label. No w'cight or Empiiries revealed that all other volume stated. bottles displayed bore a second label giving the required particu¬ lars. Omission an oversight due to manu- 1841 Beans in Tomato Sauce Incorrect label. No weight or (Informal) volume stated. facturers. Whole consignment with¬ drawn until stick-on labels can be supplied. 2008 — Spread Ginger No statement of ingredients. Incor- Reported to Chief Inspector of (Informal) rect label. Weights and Measures. Official sample taken No. 2559. 2041 Jam (Informal) Incorrect label. No name or Use of label suspended at once. address. Manufacturers undertake all future issues to comply with Order. 2161 Meat Soup (Informal) Incorrect label. No ingretlients Information sent to Ministry of Food. stated. Old stock. 2198 Savouries Sausages Manufacture and sale an infringe- Reiiorted to Ministry of Food. ment of the Order. 2202 Mercury Ointment (Informal) 8.3% deficient of mercury. 5.2% Formal sam|)le taken No. 2364— below lower limit. genuine*. 2211 Spiced Tomato Sauce (Infor- Contains an excessive amount of Reported to Ministry of Food. mal) copper. 2275 Beef Sausages ... 21% deficient of meat hineil £3, .Cdvocate's fee £3 3s. Uil. 2276 Porridge Oats (Informal) tncorrect label. Statement of claims Information sent to Ministry of Food does not conform to reciuirements of the Order. for necessary action. 2279 Ginger Marmalade (Informal) Incorrect label. No address Manufacturers admitted the omission. Proniisetl to rtH*tit’y wording on re¬ maining jars. 2359 Meat Souj) Consomme (Infor- Incorrect weight on label ... .Ml other tins found to be correct mal) weight. 2363 .\mmoniated Tincture of 76% ileficicnt of ammonia. 18% Strong caution given. Quinine (Informal) e.xcess of quinine sulphate. 2369 Easton’s Syrup (Informal) ... 66.7% ext-ess of strychnine and iSlanagcr intervieweil—syriqi was very 19.2% excess of t]uinine. old stock. 2421 Tinned Meat Soup (Informal) Incorrect label. Incorrect weight... All othei tins wi-ighed and found correct. Manufacturers i-autioncil. 2538 Honey (Informal) Incorrect label. No weight or Manufacturer c’autioned anil promised volume stated. to comply with the provisions of the CIrder in future. No. IIC)—-Li(pieur Wine. ’’his sanij)le was a sweetened intoxicating liquor of satisfactory ulcoliolic strength, containing 8i).4 ])er cent, proof spirit, lait the lahel was an infringement of tlie Laljelling of Food Order, 1*.)4(), us tliere was no declaration of alcoholic strengtli. A letter was sent tf) the niannfactnrers and they re[)lied that new labels had been printetl and would be sent to all })urchasers so that they could allix them to the remainder of their slock. A specimen of the new label, received from tliem, was satisfactory.