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[1910
Milk, Butter, and Oleaginous Foods.
As many as 936 of these foods were submitted to the) Public Analyst, of
which he returned 96, or 10.2 per cent., as adulterated or sold contrary to the
provisions of the Adulteration Acts. Since 1905 the percentages of these
foods discovered to be adulterated were follows:—
1905 7.2 per cent 1908 9.5 per cent.
1906 10.2 „ 1909 8.7,,
1907 6.5 ,, 1910 10.2 ,,
Samples.
Adulterated.
Percentage
Adulterated
in 1910.
Percentage
Adulterated
in 1909.
Percentage
Adulterated
in 1908.
Milk 620 58 9.3 6.8 8.6
Milk (Separated) 1 50.0
Butter 200 10 5 .0 12. 5 9.5
Margarine 40 28 70.0 30.0 35.7
Cheese 40
Lard 355.0
936 96 10.2 8.7 9.5
Milk.—620 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst, who reported
against 58, or 9.3 per cent., as adulterated. This is the largest percentage of
adulteration that has been obtained since 1906. It compares with 6.9 per
cent. in 1909, with 8.6 per cent. in 1908, with 6.7 per cent. in 1907, and 11.8
per cent. in 1906.
The following statement shows the number of samples examined by the
Public Analyst in each quarter, together with the numbers returned as
adulterated.
Samples
Examined.
Adulterated.
Per cent.
Adulterated.
1st Quarter
166
10
6.0
2nd „
150
19
12.7
3rd „
150
19
12.7
4th „
155
10
6.4
621
58
9.3