[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Elstree R.D.C.
- Elstree (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1966
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Elstree R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![FOOD AND DAIIGS ADMINISTRATION The Hertfordshire County Council were responsible for sampling food and drugs in this district and I am indebted to Mr, E.H. Griffiths, Divisional Inspector, Weights and Measures Department, for the folloviing information regarding sai'iix^les taken in the Elstree Rural District during I966: Milk Samples ... 40 (including one tested for the presence of anti-biotics) All r^enuine Samples other than milk .. J>0 (includ.ing one taken for the presence of pesticide residues (apples) ) 28 of these v;ere genuine 2 v;ere not genuine Details of non-genuine samples (1) an informal sample of ''Milk Gums with full-cream milk was found to contain only skimmed milk. The gums had been sold from a glass bottle bearing the name of a firm v/hich was not the manufac Lurer of the sweets. The shop's records had recently been destroyed by fire, and head office records were not helioful. It was not possible to obtain a formal sample as all had been sold by the time the analyst's rexoort had been received. Formal sara]ples were tal:en elsewhere of milk gums on sale in shops, but it was not possible to find any that did not genuinely contain full-cream milk. The matter therefore remained unsolved, (2) Chocolate-substitute block v/ith nuts uere sold under a label which did not declare the presence of nuts ainong the ingredients. Retailer had used the wrong display material. Cautioned,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29191488_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
