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22 JANUARY, 1890. 139
Sale of Food and Drugs' Act, 1875.
Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Hamlet
of Mile End Old Town, upon the articles analysed by
him under the above Act, during the quarter ending the
25th December, 1889.
Bread 646 Genuine.
Flour 647 „
Bread 648 „
Flour 649 „
Coffee 650 „
Pepper 651 „
Butter 652 Is a sample of margarine, it
is not butter.
Bread 653 Genuine.
Butter 654 Is a sample of margarine, it
is not butter.
Coffee 655 Genuine.
Cocoa 656 „
Coffee 657 „
Cocoa 658 „
Coffee 659 „
Pepper 660 „
Cocoa 661 „
Mustard 662 „
Coffee 663 „
Pepper 664 „
Coffee 665 „
Pepper 666 „
Mustard 667 Is admixed with about 60 per
cent, of wheat flour, and
colored with turmeric.
Butter Genuine.
Mustard „
Butter „
Mustard „
Bread „
Flour „
Coffee „
Mustard „
Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter
—30.
(Signed) R. H. HARLAND,
8th January, 1890. Public Analyst.
That from the Reports of your Inspectors under the Adulteration
Acts, it appears that a summons was taken out against
the person who sold the adulterated mustard, with the
following result— fined 10/- and costs.
That it also appears from the said Reports that the samples
were purchased as follows;