The Bulletin 



15 



IMITATION BEERS AND NEAR BEERS— Continued. 



During the past year 31 samples of butter were examined, 12 of which 

 proved to be adulterated and were sold in violation of the law. 



The Food Law provides that if a food product is below standard it is 

 adulterated, and its sale is illegal. By reference to the table below it 

 will be seen that several of these samples contained not more than half 

 the amount of milk fat that a butter should contain, and contained sev- 

 eral times as much other milk 'solids and water as they should have 

 contained. These samples containing such a low percentage of milk fat, 

 and such a high percentage of water, were made by the use of what is 

 known as a merging machine. By the use of this machine, at a temper- 

 ature just below the melting point of butter, equal parts of butter and 



