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Food and Food Premises. 77
The Minister of Health was notified of the result of these
examinations.
Butter and Margarine.
466 samples of butter were submitted for analysis during
the year, and of these four, or 0.8 per cent. were reported against.
24 samples of margarine were submitted for analysis and all
were reported genuine.
Other Articles.
72 samples of apples were examined for the presence of
arsenic and 47 of them were found to contain a small quantity
of this substance, but in most of them the amount of arsenic was
less than one-hundredth part of a grain per pound of apples.