[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.
- Staffordshire (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Samples ] E Number xamined Number Adul or below stai terated idard For¬ mal Infor¬ mal Total For¬ mal Infor¬ mal Total Salad Cream and Dressing 2 1 3 — — — Sauces, Various ... 4 6 10 — — ■ — Soups 10 7 17 — — — Sugar 3 3 6 — 1 1 Sugar, Confectionery 52 6 58 3 — 3 Sweet Spreads and Syrups — 3 3 — — — Tea 30 — 30 — — — Vinegar 20 1 21 — — — Unclassified 8 5 13 1 — 1 Total 4,080 1,424 5,504 130 22 152 Food and Drugs Act, 1955. Of the 5,504 samples submitted from the County Area, 5,352 were found to be genuine and 152 adulterated or below standard, the per¬ centage of adulterated samples being 2.8%. The rate of adulteration for the County is considerably lower than that of last year, the figures for 1947-56 being 12.2, 7.7, 5.4, 5.1, 2.9, 4.4., 2.5, 2.7, 3.0 and 3.5 respectively. (1) Milk.—Four thousand, two hundred and eighty-seven samples of milk, of all grades, were submitted for analysis. These comprised 565 samples of “ Tuberculin Tested,” 455 “ Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised),” 201 Channel Island, 1,517 “ Pasteurised,” 384 Sterilised and 1,165 undesignated milk. Eighty-eight or 2.1 per cent, were found to be adultered, of which 55 contained added water, nine contained added water and were fat deficient, 22 were fat deficient and 2 were deficient in fat and solids not fat. These figures do NOT include “ Appeal to Cow ” samples. Action Taken.—Of the 88 unsatisfactory samples taken, 40 were of undesignated milk and 48 were of designated milk. Seven of these were informal samples taken by Sampling Officers of the County Health Inspector’s Department, viz. : 6 “ Pasteurised ” and 1 undesignated. They were included in the 1,127 samples collected from School Canteens, Day Nurseries, Hospitals, Institutions and milk supplied under the “ Milk in Schools ” scheme. Six of the sampled were deficient in solids-not-fat and found to contain added water, and one was deficient in fat. Formal repeat samples were taken by Officers of the Chief Inspector’s Department from the same sources and in 5 instances the repeat samples of “ Pasteurised ” milk were found to contain added water, resulting in Court proceedings being taken— a fine and costs being imposed. The other repeat sample of “ Pasteurised ” milk was found to be genuine. The repeat sample of undesignated milk had a very slight fat deficiency and a caution was issued.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30132290_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
