[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT ON SAMPLES SUBMITTED BY RAYMOND MALLINDER, Esq., B.Sc., E.R.I.C. Public Analyst During the year, 408 samples were submitted under the Food and Drugs \ct, 1055. These comprised: New Milk - 18 Appeal to Cow” . . . . . . . . (5 Sterilised Milk . . . . . . . . 2f» Channel Islands Milk . . . . . . 0 Other Foods and Drugs . . 140 Only four samples, all of new milk, were adulterated or below the standard set by the Sale of Milk Regulations; one sample contained 4.3 per cent, of added water and three were deficient in fat. The average results for the New and Sterilised Milks were:— Fat .. . . . . 3.88 per cent. Non Fatty Solids . . . . . . . . . . 8.81 per cent. It is noteworthy that all the Channel Islands Milks contained well above the requisite 4 per cent, of fat, the average results being: Fat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.33 per cent. Non Fatty Solids .. .. .. .. •• 0.41 percent. All samples which so ret]aired were tested for preservatives and pro- hibited colouring matter; no contraventions of the Preservative Regulations were found. A sample of apples was submitted for examination following a report that certain imported varieties contained residues of arsenic and lead insec- ticides. The sample was normal and free from poisonous substances. Assays of Vitamin A were made on Margarine samples and the Vitamin Concentration of Blackcurrant and of Rose Hip Syrup were determined; all were up to standard. It is not unusual to receive samples containing ‘‘foreign bodies' such as splinters of glass or wood, or even cigarette ends but no such unhappy linds were made during the year.