[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the company appeared to he taking a(le(juate precautions to guard against the entry of foreign l)odies. It was, however, suggested tliat electrical metal detectors would liclp to avoid a recurrence of this type of complaint. \u individual fruit pic manufactured in a large factory bake- house in the London area was fonnd to contain a 1] box nail. The nail, it was alleged, was in the filling of the pie and its appearance suggested that it had been in contact with acid fruit for some tim(\ The company concerned reported that the fruit was su{)plied to them already strigged and sorted, in cardboard and polythene (“ontainers and stored in a cold store until recpiired. Following a further sorting process incorporating passing the fruit near to a permanent magnet for the removal of iron objects, pics were hlh'd with the fruit. No straining or sieving of the fruit took place, as this was precluded by reason of the type of whole fruit filling. There was. however, a further precaution at the end of the production line where electronic detectors were operated in conjnnction with an air blast for rc'jccting the offending cartons. Complaint was rccaavcd that a pincapj)lc luxury cake sold in a Dudley chain store was affected by mould growth. 'Flic wrapper containing the cake had not been removed by the purchaser as the evideju'e was readily perceptibh' through the wrapper, d'he store' manager stated that the cake had been delivered six days previous to purchase' anel that the' whole' of the' unsold stoe'k re'e'e'ive'el on that elay woulel be withdrawn at the* end of the elay that the sale te)ok plae'c, as by that time the estimated keeping life' of the e'e)mme)dity we)ulel ha\'e expired. 'I'he mannfae'turcrs e'ould e)nly e)lfe'r the e'x- planatie)!! that there had been a te'mj)orarv e'hange-over to a eliffercnt type of oven, and the're may ha\ c be'e'n a higher me)istnre content in the fmisheel j)rodue't. -V pae'ket e)f rusks sold to a housewife in a Dudle'V grocer's shop was fe)und to harbe)ur a numbe'r of insects late'r ide'idificd as Ptinus 'Fectus. an insce't pc'st of ste)rcd fooel produe'ts. 'Flic shoj) from whie'h this packet was seild was N'isited and insj)ce*tcd and e'\'idcne‘c of insc'e't activity was founel in the' vie*inity of the phu'e' of storage eif these })roelucts. Hygiene at this sheip was neit goexi and immediate ini- preivement was e'alled for by the' visiting inspex'teirs. Subse'epiently the portiein of the jiremise's in\'olved was tre'ate'd with a suitable insecticiele and the infestation e'liminate'd. 'Fwe) tins eif bhu'kbe'rrie's in syrup e-anne'd in Holland we-re' re- peirteel tei ceintain a piee'e' of bramble stalk and an e'arwig. 'Fhc e'om- plaint was taken up with the' pae'ke'i’s through the importing e-ompany. and they were extremely ajiologetie* about the ine'ielent. Apparently it is the ])rae'tie'e to re'e*cive soft fruit already strigged from the growers, but as an aelditional pre'e*aution all fruit is further e'xamined by female labeiur ein the proelue'tion line, .\ freizen fish cake pure'hased in Duelley e-ontained a small jiiece e)f weieidy material which in all jireibability eiriginateel freim the filleting beiards in the' scctiein eif the facteiry where the fish is pre- j)ared few manufae'turc te) fish cakes.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0089.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
