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An informal sample of zinc ointment B.P. was found to be deficient in zinc
oxide to the extent of 8 percent. A formal sample was obtained from the same
source. This was found to be of genuine B.P. Standard.
An informal sample of chopped suet was found to contain 14-4 percent. of rice
flour. A formal sample taken from the same source was found to contain 9.6 percent.
of rice flour. A suitable warning letter was addressed to the vendor.
An informal sample of foot sugar was found to contain 3.71 grains per pound
of tin. An attempt was made to obtain a formal sample, but it was found that the
supply was exhausted.
A sample of vinegar was found to be deficient in acetic acid to the extent of
4-7 per cent. A suitable warning letter was addressed to the vendor.
A sample of whiskey was found to contain 5.3 percent. of added water. Legal
proceedings were instituted and defendant was ordered to pay three guineas costs.
The majority of the samples taken were of milk which was represented by 312
samples during the year. Of these 17 or 5.45 percent. were found to be below the

In eleven of these samples water was certified to have been added. In all of
these cases the amount of added water was less than 5 percent. Six of the samples
showed deficiency in fat ranging from 0.6 to 3 percent. below the standard laid down
by the Board of Agriculture.
Legal proceedings were instituted in 2, or 11.77 percent., of the cases in which
samples of milk were below standard.
No legal proceedings were considered advisable regarding the remainder of the
samples of milk which were below standard. The percentage of the adulterated
samples of milk in which the departure from normal was so small that it was not
thought advisable to institute legal proceedings was 88.2.