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cheese, but only 37.8 per cent. was present. The other
contained 29.6 per cent. of fat and was described as
"Cheese de luxe." In a recent case elsewhere the use of
this title was defended on the ground that it meant nothing
whatever in the trade. The Court did not appear to agree
with the contention of the prosecuting authority that any
ordinary purchaser would take it to imply a superior kind
of cheese.
A specimen of cheese biscuits was genuine.
Butter, Margarine, &c.
Forty specimens of butter, nine of margarine, eight of
lard and one of dripping were all genuine. No preservatives
and no excess of water were detected in any of them.
Meat and Fish Preparations.
Of a total of fifty-nine samples falling under this heading
seven were adulterated. One of the samples passed as
genuine was sold as sandwich paste and was disarmingly
described on the label as being of " chicken and ham
flavour."
A sample of sausages which was reported against contained
343 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. No notice
of the presence of this was given on sale as required by
the Preservative Regulations and a letter of warning was
sent to the vendor.
Six tins of sardines—all of the same brand—were taken
from a large batch of tins voluntarily surrendered and
specially examined for metallic contamination. Analyses
revealed the presence of 24, 100, 28, 28, 32 and 28 parts
of lead per million respectively. The whole of the rest
of the stock—4,969—tins was destroyed.
Fruit and Vegetables.
The twenty -three samples of fruit of various descriptions
set out in Table III and the fifteen specimens of tinned
vegetables were all genuine. Four of the dried fruits contained
sulphur dioxide, but within the limit laid down by
the Preservative Regulations. All the tinned articles were