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The amount of fat removed varied from 6.0 to 50.6 per cent.,
and the quantity of water added from 3.8 to 66.0 per cent., while
in one case both fat had been removed and water added.
Thirty-three samples of milk were taken on Sundays during
September, and no less than 12 of these (36.3 per cent.) proved to
be adulterated. In one case the fluid retailed as milk consisted of
one-third milk and two-thirds water. Of the 21 genuine
samples three were certified to be of very poor quality.
BUTTER.
Five (8.7 per cent.) of the samples of butter were found to
contain foreign fat (fat other than the fat of butter), as follows:—
No. of Sample Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
C 3 11 At least 80 per cent. of foreign fat.
C3 16 „ 70 „ „
52 „ 80 „ „
58 ,, 75 „ „
C 2 88 „ 75 „ „
WHISKY.
Only one sample of whisky was unduly diluted with water so
as to bring it in excess of the limit allowed by the Sale of Food
and Drugs Act Amendment Act. In this case, No. C 3 82, the
sample was 31.36 degrees under proof.
COFFEE.
One of the ten samples of coffee was found to contain at least
40 per cent. of chicory, and was certified accordingly.
PEPPER
Two (13.3 per cent.) of the samples of pepper were adulterated
with foreign starch—maize in both instances. No. C 2 96
contained 20 per cent. of this ingredient, and a sample submitted
by a private purchaser no less than 40 per cent.