[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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![\(). of li. ('oli Tiij)t‘ 1 per ml. of creoni Sul)se(|uently further followiuo- up samples by tlie iiei^hhouriu”' autliority produeed another satisfactory result. The imitation cream in a “Huusplit was reported as eoutaiuiu^ faecal eoli. Attain samples taken at the bakery })roved to be satisfactory, d'he results were* as follows: .Vo. of colonics per 1 )))l. of i))n‘totion crcinn iiflcr tS ftrs. (it 'M°(' Imitation cream from mixing; bowl Imitation cream from pipini>’ ba^' in use Imitation cream from piping ba^' in use Imitation cream from bnn sj)lit (a) Imitation cream from bnn split (b) Imitation cream from ‘'cream horn Xil :k')() Xil (')()() Xil t.)() Xil 1 00 Xil .■)00 Xil shops of the eonij) any. ■odnein^ imitation er(‘am in Dudley for its own use. A separate room was set aside and (‘(phpj)ed with a mixing' tank, batch pasteuriser, homo^tahser, cooler (water cooled and refrii>-erat(Ml sections), all eonstrueted in stainh'ss steel. 'I'lie e(pii{)ment is of a \ ery liiuh hv^ieihe standard fitted in a room which has been specially converted for the pnrj)ose and where no expense has been spared to ensmx* a eorrespondinydy hi^h eonstrne- tional standard. Ivphpnuait and hand washing- facilities art' pro- vided and steam is a\'ai!ablt‘ in the room which is used in eonjnnetion with deteryu’nts and chemical sterilants fv)rthe elt'anin^ and stt'i’ilisa- tion of plant. During trial runs on the i)lant at the end of the year samples of imitation cream wt'rt' taken from two ehnrns after tlu'st' had bt't'ii filled with cooled mix. d'he results wt'rt' as follows: .Vo. of colonics per 1 ml. of imitofion crcfun offer IH hrs. (if'.]7 (' Imitation cream from ehni’ii Xo. 1 (iOOO \o. of li. ('oli Ti/pc 1 per ml. of cream Xil Imitation cream from churn Xo. '1 Xil Ihidonl)tedly there are many ways in which a eakt' eontaiihm^ imitation cream can bt'come contaminated between the time when the cream is first made and the tiim' when tlu' eak(‘ is finally con- sumed. The results tabulated in this sc'ction of tlu' I’cport d ) in- dicate satisfactory baeteriolot^ical condition in the initial stages of handling’, but this produce is a non-refriocrated one which is a rich medium for baet('rial <»’rowth. and slio'ht contamination earh’ in its life. wheth(*r this be in bakc'rv. en route to sho))s or (*onsnmors, or whilst (‘xj)osed for sale*, can result in astronomical bacteriological eonnts at a later sta^e in its life. It is enstomery in all “ereame(r‘ ^oods to supply the j)nrehas(‘r with a lar^c' helping' of imitation](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0091.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
