The Bulletin 



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WORK OF THE YEAR 1912 



During the year 1,288 samples of foods and beverages have been 

 analyzed. 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS 



Name of Sample 



Beera and imitation beera* 



Butter and butter aubstitutea.. 

 Chemical fruit preservatives.- . 

 Cheesea and ctieese substitutes. 



Cider and imitation ciders 



Coffee and coflee substitutes... 

 Flour 



53 cs a 



Honey 



Ice cream and ice cream substitutes 



Lemon extracts and Ifemon extract substitutes. 



Maple sirup and maple sirup substitutes 



Milk and cream - 



Miscellaneous samples 



Molasses and sirups 



Orange extracts 



Peas, canned 



Peppermint extract 



Sweet oil and sweet oil substitutes 



Sugar .- - 



Vanilla extract and vanilla extract substitutes. 

 Vinegar and vinegar substitutes 



Total. 



71 

 31 

 65 

 11 

 25 

 71 



353 

 21 

 89 

 64 

 22 

 8 

 15 



159 

 6 

 11 

 9 

 61 

 19 

 40 



137 





OJ 



2; "ESS 



12 



11 



6 



3 

 22 

 12 



4 

 43 

 30 

 16 



3 



° -5 

 a S aj 



ffi 03 cS 



74 

 4 

 8 

 6 



52 



16 

 69 



61.30 

 83.08 

 45.82 

 88.00 

 61.98 

 96. Gl 

 80.95 

 51.69 

 53.13 

 27.28 

 62.50 



*= m- ** 



CI Z^ 



V (A c: 



1.288 



391 



53.46 

 33.34 

 27.28 

 33.34 

 14.76 

 100.00 

 60.00 

 49.96 



38.70 

 16.92 

 54.18 

 12.00 

 38.02 

 3.39 

 19.05 

 48.31 

 46.87 

 72.72 

 37.50 



46.54 

 66.66 

 72.72 

 66.66 

 85.24 



40.00 

 50.04 



♦Examined for alcohol only. 



BEERS, IMITATION AND NEAR BEERS. 



Malt liquor is a beverage made by the alcoholic fermentation of an 

 infusion, in potable water, of barley malt and hops, with or without 

 unmalted grains. 



Beer is a malt liquor produced by bottom fermentation, and contains 

 not less than 5.00 per cent of extractive matter and 0.16 per cent of ash, 

 chiefly potassium phosphate, and not less than 2.75 per cent of alcohol 

 by volume. 



Lager beer is beer which has been stored in casks for a period not 

 less than three months, and contains not less than 3.00 per cent of 

 alcohol by volume. 



As the prohibition law prohibits the legal sale of these products no 

 official samples were examined, but 71 samples were sent to the Depart- 

 ment by county and city officers whose duty it is to enforce the prohibi- 

 tion law. The samples were examined to see if they contained alcohol 

 that would render their sale illegal. The Department has no appro- 

 priation or authority of law for such work, but does it as an accommo- 



