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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST
FOR THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1907.
SAMPLES SUBMITTED.—During the period under review
543 samples were submitted for analysis. Of this number,
496 were purchased by your inspectors in conformity with the
provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. The remaining
47 samples were purchased as test samples, and without declaration
to vendors.
ADULTERATED SAMPLES.—Of the 496 official samples
submitted, 36, or 7.26 per cent. were adulterated, compared with
9.29 per cent. in the previous year (1906) and 7.98 per cent. in
1905.
TEST SAMPLES.—These are samples 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 47 samples so purchased, 9, or 19.15 per cent.,
were found to be adulterated. Three of the adulterated samples
were butter obtained from vendors who were employed in a
house-to-house sale.
House-to-House Sale of Sophisticated Butter.—In consequence
of complaints received from a resident in the district,
samples of butter were taken in the course of delivery at his
house. At first the samples were obtained as test samples, and
were purchased for us by the consignee. On analysis some of