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Report of the Public Analyst.
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cheese, 88; cocoa, 20; coffee, 9; cornflour, 1; lard, 85; essences,
15; fish, canned or in paste form, 31; flour, 13; food powders,
40; ginger, 2; jam, 9; margarine, 88; meat products, 70;
mustard, 2; pepper, 1; pickles and sauces, 24; rice, 4; salt, 6;
spice, 19; soup, canned, 20; sugar, 86; tea, 86; vegetables,
canned and dried, 24; yeast, 4.
The average water content of the 87 samples of butter was
14.9 per cent; that of the 88 samples of margarine, 14.9 per
cent.
Six of the samples were submitted for analysis on the
complaint of retepayers, viz.: —One sample of chocolate, one
of jelly crystals, one of sweets, one of canned soup, one of
buns and one of coffee extract. The sample of jelly crystals
was the one previously mentioned found to contain excessive
gritty deposit. The other five samples were genuine.
128 samples of drugs were analysed. One was
adulterated.
In conclusion I have to report that the adulteration
detected during 1942 was 29.6 per cent of the formal samples
and .97 per cent of the informal samples, and 1.49 of all
samples submitted.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
A. H. M. MUTER, F.I.C., F.C.S.,
Public Analyst.
325 Kennington Road,
S.E.ii.