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Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Particulars of the 2,000 samples of Food and Drags procured
for analysis by the Public Analyst will be found in the following
table.
Samples
Formal
Informal
r
Number
Analysed
Number
Adulterated
Number
Analysed
Number
Adulterated
Apples
—
—
6
—
Arrowroot
—
—
15
Bacon
3
Baking Powder
—
—
9
—
Barley, Pearl
—
—
9
—
Blanc Mange Powder
—
—
2
—
Bread
—
12
Bun Flour
—
4
—
Butter
28
276
Cakes, Sponge
—
—
21
—
Candied Peel
9
Cheese
12
Chocolate
3
—
Cocoa
25
Coffee
17
Coffee and Chicory
—
—
7
2
Coffee Mixture
—
—
2
—
Confectionery
—
—
27
—
Cornflour
9
—
Cream
—
,
3
Cream, Tinned
3
Custard Powder
—
15
Dripping
Drugs :—
—
—
15
—
Acid, Boric
—
—
3
1
Acid, Citric
6
Acid, Tartaric
—
3
Almond Oil
—
3
—
Aspirin
—
—
3
—
Balsam, Friars
—
—
6
Borax
__
3
Camphorated Oil
—
—
6
—
Castor Oil
—
6
Cod Liver Oil
—
3
Cream of Tartar
9
Epsom Salts
—
6
Eucalyptus Oil
—
—
6
—
Glauber's Salts
—
3
Glycerine
—
—
9
—
Ipecacuanha Wine
—
—
3
—
Linseed
2
1
Linseed, Crushed
—
—
1
—