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Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
Eighty-two samples of articles of daily consumption were
analysed during the year, viz.,23 of bread, 3 of flour, 16 of milk,
12 of tea, 7 of coffee, 3 of pepper, 6 of mustard, 2 of vinegar, 3 of
arrowroot, 3 of butter, 2 of porter, and 2 of ale. All the samples
of bread, flour, coffee, pepper, vinegar, arrowroot, tea, porter, and
ale were genuine; 2 of the milks were adulterated with water to
a slight extent; 2 of the mustards were mixed with wheaten flour.
All the butters were largely adulterated with other fat.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE ARTHUR ROGERS,
Medical Officer of Health,
and Food Analyst.
Board of Works Office, 1878.