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One sample of beef sausage contained boric acid, 4.9 grains per pound and one
3.2 grains per pound. No proceedings were taken in cither case.
One sample of cheese contained tin 0.035 grains per pound, one 0.063, one 0.098,
one 0.175 and another 0.245. No action was taken.
One sample of beef suet was found to contain moisture 1.1 per cent. with rice
flour 10.4 per cent., one moisture 1.2 per cent. and rice flour 16.6 percent., and another
moisture 1.5 per cent. with rice flour 12.2 per cent. No action was taken.
One sample of ground ginger contained excessive mineral matter (ash) to the
extent of 2.5 per cent. No action was taken.
Three samples of non-alcoholic wine contained salicylic acid, ranging from 1.4
to 1.7 grains per pint. No proceedings were taken.
The informal sample of apples contained arsenic 0.0031 grains per pound, i.e.,
less than one-third of the Royal Commission limit.