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tsliows tlmt there is need ior a very j:^reat improvement in the manu- 

 facture of this connuodiiv on tlie ]>ait of some of i(s jnoduccrs, and 

 also tliat there is littU' ground at the jiresent time for the couleution 

 formerly made by i)ractic'ally all catsup numufacturers, that it was 

 impossible to n)ake a commercial catsuj) that would keep satisfactor- 

 ily until delivered into the hands of the consumer, without the use 

 of some such preservati\e as benzoate of soda. 



DRIED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 

 Samples of dried apricols, peaches, raisins, com and peas were 

 examined to the number of 16, but only one case was terminated, re- 

 lating to dried apricotts preserved witli sulphur dioxide, whose ])res- 

 ence was not declared upon the package containing the i)roduct, as 

 the law requires, 



FRUIT BUTTERS, JAMS, JELLIES AND PRESERVES 



There were examined during the period covered by this report 73 

 samples belonging to this class, but there was only a single case 

 terminated during the period, relating to these products. In other 

 words, the findings for these materials correspond closely to those 

 reported for the year 1910, in which the examination of 74 samples 

 led to the discovery of no violations of the food act. 



In the same connection it may be stated that 5 samples of fruit 

 syrups were examined, and one case terminated for adulteration. 

 The condition of this class of products has been very much improved 

 in recent years, in fact, sin<-e the time when the fruit syrup act of. 

 1905 went into effect and was followed by a vigorous enforcement. 



VINEGAR 



Of products belonging to this class, 20G were examined during 

 1911, while the same period witnessed the termination of ^^S cases 

 instituted for adulteration. In most of these cases the offense con- 

 sisted either in the watering of cider vinegar, or in the sale, under 

 the name of cider vinegar, of imitation products made by the addition 

 of either apple solids, or artificial color, or both. The difficulty in 

 the precise determination of the nature of spurious vinegars by an- 

 alytical methods is very great, and consequently, the number of de- 

 ierminations required n\um each sample is unusually large. There 

 has been less diificulty, hoAvever, than in earlier years in securing con- 

 victions where the facts of the analysis are fully brought forth in 

 the trial proceedings. The important fraction of spurious cider 

 vinegar still appearing upon the markets, renders necessary the 

 highest vigilance of the Bureau's agents and experts. 



BAKERY MATERIALS 



There were examined during 1911, 41 samples of flours, corn starch, 

 etc. During the same period there were terminated 3 cases for the 

 adulteration of buckwheat flour and 4 cases for the adulteration of 

 wdieat flour by the bleaching process, as well as 11 cases in which the 

 charge was the adulteration of baking poAvder, the cases last named 

 having originated in 1910. The public still needs to be on its guard 

 against the purchase of bleached flour, although the number of cases 

 found at the present time is much less than occurred in earlier 

 jears. 



