[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.
- Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Condemned Food. Meat 3461bs. 2ozs. and 410 tins, bacon I51bs. 6ozs., veg. 1,399 tins, fruit 773 tins and 24 boxes, milk 297 tins, cream 11 tins, fish 92 tins and 9 stone, soup 85 tins, meat and veg. 6 tins, meat paste 2 jars, sponge pudding 1, rice 6 packets, creamed rice 6 packets, cheese spread 2 packets and 63 boxes, jellies 49, nuts 1 packet, sweets 60 packets, fruit juice 1 bottle, meat and fish paste 1 jar, suet 6 packets, fish paste 28 jars, mustard 1 tin, chutney 1 jar, jam 3 jars, gherkins 1 jar, sandwich spread 12 boxes, salad cream 4 bottles, poultry 3 tins, sausage 13 tins, cheese and ham spread 10 boxes, pork and stuffing 1 tin, baby food 2 tins, ma^^onnaise 1 jar, 80 cakes and 251bs. cake, spaghetti 1 tin, cereals 1 packet, coffee 2 tins, marmalade 1 jar, plain flour 1 bag, mint jelly 1 jar, stew 1 tin, beef and kidney pie 1, chicken broth with rice 1 tin, syrup 1 tin, porridge oats 1 packet. FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955. A copy of the Report for the period 1st January to 31st December, 1956, received from Mr. Elwyn Lewis, M.R.S.H., F.A.P.H.I., County Public Health Inspector, who is responsible to the County for samples taken in Rhyl and District as Inspector of Food and Drugs, is appended hereunder:— Herewith are particulars of the samples taken under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, in the Rhyl Urban District Council area during the year ended December 31st, 1956:— Number of Not genuine or Samples Genuine below standard Milk 50 50 — Dairy Produce 4 4 . . . Ice Cream and Lollies ... 14 14 . . . Alcoholic Drinks 7 7 . • . Sausages 16 16 • . • — Cooked Meats and Pies... 4 4 • • • Cooking Fats and Oils ... 4 4 ... Cakes and Confectionery 6 6 1 Patent Aledicines 5 4 1 ]^Iiscellaneous Groceries... 12 12 122 121 1 An informal sample of tablets, advertised as being of value in the treatment of rheumatic conditions, was found on analysis to contain an excessive amount of chalk and sand. This chalk and sand was found in the coating covering the tablets. The attention of the manufacturers was drawn to the matter and they have now agreed to introduce a ne’',-. form of coating. (Signed) ELWYN LEWIS, County Public Health Inspector and F'ood and Drugs Inspector.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28876106_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
