[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The examination and reporting of samples of milk for bacteriological and statutory tests may be done without the signature of a Borough Analyst. Samples of milk for these purposes were taken throughout the year and sent tothe Public Health Laboratory at Preston. There is no charge for this service. The Meat Pie and Sausage Roll Regulations 1967, came into operation on the 31st May and among other items laid down standards for meat content and advertising of pies. The salient feature of these Regulations has been the standard of 12-^ meat in a meat and vegetable pie. Samples taken during the year have shown that this standard was not being met and in one case the meat content was only Meat and vegetable pies with less than 12-^ meat must be labelled and advertised as vegetable and meat pies. Six hundred and fifty tests were carried out on the following samples;- 1 1 j Total {’ T ” j.. Reason unsatisfactory ; '! ! Unsatis. 1 1 * Pood and Drugs , 67 Analysis of compos- j ition ; i i 1 \ \ \ \ 1 4 1 i r 1—1 1 1 ‘ 3 - dairy cream (tinned) - | 1 low fat content. i 1 - cough mixture - low chloroform. i 1 - full fat soft cheese - i trade marking. j 4 - meat and potato pie - | i low meat content. j 1 - dried Japanese mushrooms ~t presence of preservatives.! 4 - milk - added water and low] fat content. Food other than 1 6 milk (bacteriological ; test) . i 1 i ^ Stew - High plate ! j count. 1 1 i , Bulk milk untreated ! 279 j 46 1 : < = 1 1 S 21 - failed methylene blue j test. j 18 - positive ring test. | 7 - positive culture test. Bulk milk heat treated i 10 ! - - Individual milk samples j (untreated) 283 22 17 - positive ring test. 5 “ positive culture test. 1 Water samples. Special [ test for lead content in 1 certain pipes 5 Total samples 650 83 L