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Food Sampling.
During the year, the following 1,540 samples were submitted to the
City Council's Public Analysts for chemical analysis. Of this number 86
were reported upon adversely, representing a percentage of 5- 6:—
Baking powder 4
Baby food 22
Butter 11
Bread, rolls, biscuits, &c 17
Cakes, cake and pudding mixtures, &c 27
Cereals 31
Cheese 19
Cocoa 10
Coffee preparations and essences 42
Condiments and spices 56
Confectionery 71
Cooking fats and oils 19
Culinary flavourings and colourings 31
Custard, blanc mange powders, jellies, &c 49
Drugs 34
Fish and fish preparations 62
Flour 11
Fruit—fresh, dried, canned and preserved 27
Gelatine 2
Herbs 3
Jams, marmalades and preserves 78
Margarine 15
Milk 399
Milk, in bottle 4
Milk, condensed and evaporated 13
Milk beverages 10
Pickles and sauces 67
Meat and meat preparations 50
Salad oils, creams and dressings 15
Sandwich spread 10
Sausages 23
Soft drinks, beer, cordials, fruit juice, &c. 51
Soup and soup powders 39
Spirits 39
Suet 3
Stigar 7
Tea 23
Vegetables, dried and tinned, &c 33
Vinegar 19
Wines 6
Ice cream 64
Creatn and synthetic cream 17
Miscellaneous 7