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(b) Informal Samples.—These are taken without compliance with the strict formalities of the
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, and serve to show the conditions obtaining without disclosing
to the vendor the fact that samples are being taken for analysis. Particulars of informal samples
collected are as follows:—
Nature of sample.
Number
taken.
Number
adulterated.
Butter 22 —
Caviare 1 —
Cakes, sponge 3 —
Cheese 6 —
Chocolate, bittermints 2 —
Chocolate, block 1 —
Cocoa 3 —
Coffee paste 1 —
Cream 10 —
Dripping 3 —
Flour 3 —
Fruit, canned 3 —
Fruit, dried 3 —
Honey 4 —
Jam 5 —
Jelly, fruit 3 —
Lard 9 —
Lemon cheese 3 —
Margarine 12 —
Mayonnaise 1 —
Milk 154 4
Milk, condensed, full cream 1 —
Milk, condensed, machine skimmed 8 —
Mincemeat 3 —
Mustard 3 —
Oil, camphorated 3 —
Paste, fish 3 —
Paste, meat 7 —
Peas, canned 6 —
Pepper 3 —
Sausages 21 9
Sulphur, milk of 1 —
Tea 4 —
Vinegar 18 —
Vitacream 1 —
Totals 334 13