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British Food Journal Volume 64 Issue 11 1962

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 1 November 1962

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Abstract

Whilst none would dispute the efficiency of present methods of sampling and analysis of foods—they extend elaborately to the widest range of edible commodities—they are few indeed who would agree that this applies to the sampling and testing, the quality control, of drugs. This has been a statutory duty of food and drugs authorities since the first of the Food and Drugs Acts and the measures have continued with little change down to the Food and Drugs Act, 1955. Annual Reports, however, show that rarely does the ratio of drug samples to those of food exceed 1 to 20 and more often is about 1 to 30. The range of drug samples is also limited to time‐worn household remedies, some of which are almost Victorian and have been supplanted by newer remedies. Samples of dispensed medicines are conspicuous by their almost complete absence. Obtaining samples from test prescriptions, however, has always been a great difficulty not only in food and drugs administration, but in other relevant fields.

Citation

(1962), "British Food Journal Volume 64 Issue 11 1962", British Food Journal, Vol. 64 No. 11, pp. 155-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb011607

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MCB UP Ltd

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