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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS' ACT.
List of Articles submitted to the Public Analyst, from Lady-day, 1892.
to Lady-day, 1893.
Articles.
Number
of
Samples.
Genuine.
Adulterated.
Amount of
Fines.
Costs.
£
s.
d.
4
£
s.
d.
4
...
Arrowroot
......
18
Milk
68
35
103
153
10
0
10
0
5
Coffee
14
9
12
10
0
4
6
7
Butter
24
5
29
15
0
0
3
2
6
Bread
3
3
...
......
......
Flour
3
3
...
......
......
Mustard
10
...
......
10
......
Pepper
4
4
...
......
......
Lard
1
1
...
......
......
Rum
3
3
...
......
......
Gin
13
3
5
0
6
10
0
0
12
Ice Cream
3
3
...
......
......
Whiskey
10
10
12
2
0
0
0
12
6
8
Margarine
...
8
9
15
o
5
0
2
Brandy
7
...
7
......
......
Acetic Acid
1
1
...
......
......
Tincture Rhubarb
2
2
...
......
......
Seidlitz Powder
1
1
......
...
......
Beef Sausage
1
...
1
......
......
German „
......
1
1
...
......
2
Cheese
2
...
......
......
1
Cloves
1
...
......
......
Hop Bitters
1
1
...
......
......
...
Liquorice
2
2
1
0
0
0
12
6
1
...
Tartaric Acid
1
......
......
1
1
Linseed
...
......
......
6
Sugar
6
...
......
......
237
173
64
206
15
0
32
6
19
Several samples of Coffee and Milk were declared to be a mixture when
purchased.
The fines and costs recovered under the Sale of Food and Drugs' Act
are paid to the Vestry account, except in the case of Margarine, when half
the fines go to the Vestry if applied for at the time, and half to the Treasury.
In some of the spirits the adulteration was so small that legal
proceedings were not taken, and in others Notices were fixed on bar: "All
spirits sold here are diluted."
One sample of Liquorice was adulterated with 10 per cent. of Starch
which the Analyst considered insufficient for a prosecution.
HENRY THOMAS, Inspector.
Public Analyst—Mr. R. BODMER. 12. Southwark Street.