Table: Showing theSamplesofFoodandDrugssubmitted to, and examiued by, the Public Analyst {Mr. F. L. Teed, D.Sc.) during theFirst Quarter,1903.
Showing theSamplesofFoodandDrugssubmitted to, and examiued by, the Public Analyst {Mr. F. L. Teed, D.Sc.) during theFirst Quarter,1903.
| Samples taken. | Description. | Genuine. | Adulterated. |
|---|
| 151 | Milk | 131 | 20 |
| .. | Brandy | .. | .. |
| 1 | Whisky | .. | 1 |
| .. | Rum | .. | .. |
| 1 | Gin | .. | 1 |
| 8 | Cocoa | 8 | .. |
| 13 | Coffee | 12 | 1 |
| 1 | Black Tea | 1 | .. |
| 1 | Pepper, White | 1 | .. |
| 2 | Pepper, Black | 2 | .. |
| 1 | Mustard | 1 | .. |
| 1 | Arrowroot | 1 | .. |
| 2 | Linseed, Crushed | 2 | .. |
| Bread | .. | 5 |
| 41 | Butter | 36 | .. |
| 1 | Lard | 1 | .. |
| 1 | Ground Ginger | 1 | .. |
| 15 | Demerara Sugar | 8 | .. |
| 2 | Malt Vinegar | 2 | .. |
| 2 | Baking Powder | 2 | |
| 3 | Yeast | 2 | |
| 2 | Paregoric | 2 | |
| 2 | Lime Water | 2 | |
| .. | Quinine Wine | 1 | |
| 1 | Sal. Volatile | |
| .. | Precipitated Sulphur | .. | |
| .. | Diluted Acetic Acid | .. | |
| 2 | Tincture of Digitalis | 2 | |
| 2 | Camphor, Spirits of | 2 | |
| .. | Iodi. Tinct | .. | |
| 2 | Solution of Strychnine Hydrochloride | 2 | |
| 1 | Tincture of Nux Vomica | 1 | |
| 1 | Tincture of Iodine | 1 | |
| 3 | Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 3 | |
| 2 | Tincture of Gentian | 2 | |
| 2 | Olive Oil | 2 | |
| Juniper Oil | .. | |
| 1 | Cream of Tartar | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Prescription | .. | 1 |
| .. | Sulphate of Quinine | .. | |
| 6 | Iron Pills | 2 | 4 |
| Milk Sulphur | .. | |
| 2 | Com. Tincture of Rhubarb | 2 | |
| 1 | Tincture of the Perchloride of Iron | .. | 1 |
| 279 | All Articles | 236 | 43 = 15.4 |
Table: MARGARINE ACT.
MARGARINE ACT.
| Samples. | Description. | Samples taken in contravention of Act. | |
|---|
| 5 | Margarine | 0 | |
N,B.—Five samples of butter were also submitted to Dr. Teed by private purchasers, of which
two were genuine and three adulterated.