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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST FOR 1959
Table: Adulterated SamplesParticulars of the samples reported as adulterated or not up to standard are given in the following table:
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Adulterated Samples
Particulars of the samples reported as adulterated or not up to standard are given in the following table:
Case No. Nature of Sample Nature of Report Formal 90 Camphorated Oil 28 % deficient in camphor Informal 969 Camphorated Oil 27 % deficient in camphor. 992 Sliced bread Contained piece of chewing gum 1,018 Milk bottle Coated on inside with dust 1,041 Dried apricots Some soil and miscellaneous organic matter 1,096 Cooked pork Portion contaminated with blue dye 1,104 New Biskoids Labelling offence 1,123 Butter Water, 0.5% in excess 1,135 Sliced bread Contained piece of dirty cardboard 1,196 Gravy salt In unlined rusty tin 1,251 Ground cloves 6.3% siliceous matter 1,280 Small rice Weed seeds and other foreign matter present 1,282 Instant coffee Sulphur dioxide, 400 parts per million 21 Small rice Weed seeds and other foreign matter present 23 Shredded suet Deficient in beef fat 5 % 34 Bun Sacking fibres, sand and other dirt 61 Orange fruit cup Flavour spoilt, due to fermentation 69 Stoned raisins Contained dead ants and mites, etc. 98 Beef chipolatas Meat content 38½ % 99 Pork sausages Meat content 44% 110 Butter Contained excess water (0.2%) 138 Creamery butter Mould developed on exposed cut surface
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Adulteration
The amount of adulteration detected during the year was:
For formal samples 0.32 per cent.
For informal samples 3.05 per cent.
For all samples 2.2 percent.