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The drained fruit contained 104 parts and the juice 47 parts per million
of tin, due to the attack of the acid juice on the tin plate of the can.
A bottle of Natural Orange Juice, described as "The undiluted juice
and oil of sun ripened fruit, with added sulphur dioxide as preservative"
was found to contain only 1.7 mg. of ascorbic acid per 100 mis. of fruit
juice, whereas it should contain approximately 50 mgs. On taking the
matter up with the manufacturers the sample wa3 found to be old stock and
was withdrawn from sale.
Some dried peaches were reported as inferior} they consisted of dried
peaches but the halves were very small looking like apricots and, when
cooked, they had an odour of apricots rather than of peaches. Some
prunes were also reported as inferior as they were veiy dried and had an
unsightly appearance, but were satisfactory when cooked .
A bottle of Port Flavour Wine Cup was considered to have a misleading
label. Whereas the normal price should be 2/- to 2/6d., the price printed
on the label was 5/9d. A sample of Sparkling Ginger and Rum Cup also had
a misleading label, being labelled with illustrations of grapes and
grape leaves. Your analyst considered that from the titles of these
products they were supposed to be Non-Alcoholic Wines. According to
the Soft Drinks Order, 1947, as amended, non-Alcoholic Wines must contain
not less than 7½-lbs. sugar per 10-gallons, whereas the Ginger and Rum
Cup contained only 5.5-lbs sugar per 10-gallons. If it was claimed to
be a sweetened mineral water, not more than 82 grains of saccharin should
be present in 10-gallons whereas it contained 104 grains.
3 samples of Cut Peel were reported against. 2 were deficient in
sugar, one containing only 55.3 per cent and the other 54.5 per cent.
The third sample was very stale stock and the sugar had crystallised
badly on the outside.
2 samples of semolina were considered to be too fine a product for
that which the public understands as semolina. Your analyst considers
that not more than 40 per cent 3hould pass a 40-mesh sieve, but in one
case 64 per cent passed a No. 40-mesh sieve and in the other case 62 per
cent passed.
2 samples of flaked tapioca were found to be uneven in size, containing
lumps and powder. This made it impossible to cook the tapioca
properly, and they were reported adulterated.
A sample submitted as Barley Flakes was found to consist of ground
rice.
Some ground almond substitute was examined and found to be a
mixture of soya flour, pea or bean flour and oatmeal. The fat content
was 13.7 per cent whereas ground almonds contain approximately 50 to 60
per cent of oil, and this product could not therefore be a substitute