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to the milk, convictions were obtained in each case on
official samples.
The condensed milks were purchased from stalls in
the roadway. The two samples mentioned were good
examples of their kind. They had each apparently been
immersed in water, judging from the condition of the
labels and tins, and were probably ship or fire salvage.
The butters were taken in the course of watch being
kept upon butter retailers who had been several times
convicted.
The Nut Margarines were taken in the course of the
enquiry into nutritive values of butters and margarines,
and were simply samples of cocoa-nut margarine.
The German sausage was taken at a shop where it
was alleged undue amounts of preservative were added
to the raw material. The sample contained a very small
percentage of sulphite, probably added as sodium sulphite.