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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST
FOR THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1911.
SAMPLES SUBMITTED. —During the period under review
559 samples of food and drugs were submitted for analysis.
Of this number 495 were purchased by your inspectors in
conformity with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts. The remaining t54 samples were purchased as test samples,
and without declaration to vendors.
ADULTERATED SAMPLES.—Of the 495 official samples
80, or 6.06 per cent. were adulterated, compared with 4.95 per
cent. in the previous year (1910) and 2.99 per cent. in 1910.
TEST SAMPLES. These samples are purchased by
assistants without following the formalities prescribed by the
Food and Drugs Acts, the purchases being made in a manner
similar to that adopted by the ordinary householder. Of the
64 samples so purchased, 5, or 7.81 per cent., were found to
be adulterated, and these were followed up by official pin-chases.
MILK. Of the 292 official samples of milk submitted,
18, or 6.16 per cent., were adulterated or below the standard
fixed by the Board of Agriculture. In 1910 the adulterated
samples equalled 5.30 per cent.