The Bulletin 71 



OF MISCELLANEOUS SAMPLES. 



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10696 

 10697 

 10875 

 10505 



10504 



Remarks and Conclusions 



Drug composed largely of cocaine. 



do. 



do. 

 Ginger ale containing a small amount of capsicum. 



do 



10768 Lard containing no foreign substance deleterious to health. 



9488 do. 

 10559 Corn meal. 

 10506 Olive Oil 



10208 Olive oil; label should bear name and address of manufacturer or jobber. 

 10055 Olive oil. 



9764 Peppermint oil. 



9889 There is no standard for root beer. The product seems to be as labeled 



9767 

 9967 



Salt that appears to be unadulterated. 

 Sugar containing a very small amount of salt. 



The table below contains the results of the examination of 159 samples 

 of these products, 34 of which are adulterated or misbranded, and 40 of 

 which were misrepresented by the dealers, making 74 samples that were 

 sold in violation of the law. These products seem to be much adulterated 

 and misbranded. Many of them are labeled com and cane sirup, which 

 label would indicate about equal parts of each, when as a fact it would 

 be largely corn sirup containing a small amount of cane sirup. Under 

 these conditions the Department regards it as misbranded. Corn and 

 cane branded "Table Sirup" would be regarded by the Department as 

 misbranded for the reason, sirup is a product made from the juice of a 

 sugar-producing plant. Corn sirup not being thus made is not a true 

 sirup and therefore could not be sold merely as sirup, and if it could not 

 be sold as "sirup," then it could not constitute a table sirup. 



It also seems to be the practice of many dealers to purchase these com- 

 pound sirups in bulk and retail them to their trade as sirup or molasses 

 as the customer wishes, often selling them for Georgia cane sirup. A 

 mixture containing corn sirup, etc., is a compound and can not be legally 

 sold as "sirup." It can be sold as a compound sirup, that is provided it 

 contains enough sirup to be regarded as a compound ; otherwise it would 

 be corn sirup containing other sirup. 



