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Summary:—231 Milk 7 not genuine = 2.0 per cent.
79 Butter 2 „ „ = 25
42 Drugs 0 „ ,, = 0.0 „
227 Various foods 15 ,, ,, = 6.6 „
21 Tinned Vegetables 18 „ ,, = 86.0 ,,
Total 600 42 = 7.0 „
During the year we have endeavoured not only to supervise the condition as
regards adulteration and possible harmfulness of food articdes generally, but also to
concentrate our attention on groups of articles, e.g.. tinned vegetables coloured
with copper sulphate and fruit syrups, etc. preserved with salicylic acid, which
we have especial reason to believe may contain some substance prejudicial to
health.
This alteration of procedure accounts for the apparent increased percentage
of adulteration found this year, 7 per cent as opposed to 5 per cent, in 1921.
The following observations refer to samples reported to be not genuine where
no legal proceedings were taken.