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The Bulletin 



From the report of tliis Department for 1911 the following is quoted: 



"Besides vinegar, the product made from apple cider, the standards 

 under tlie food law recognize five other products that can be sold as 

 vinegar, provided the word vinegar is accompanied by the name of the 

 class to which the product belongs ; as malt vinegar, wine vinegar, dis- 

 tilled spirit vinegar; but to comply with the law a product to be sold as 

 'vinegar' must be a product made from apple cider." 



There are many substitutes for vinegar, such as malt vinegar, com- 

 pound vinegar, spirit vinegar, etc., and must be sold as such and not as 

 vinegar. These substitutes for vinegar are purchased in bulk by the 

 dealers and sold at retail in broken packages not labeled, and one of the 

 greatest violations of the Food Law is the sale of those substitutes for 

 vinegar as the real vinegar. A customer orders or asks a grocer for 

 vinegar and he is furnished with one of the above substitutes for vinegar 

 without explanation as to its real character. 



During the year 137 samples of vinegar and vinegar substitutes were 

 examined. By reference to the table below it will be seen that 21 of 



RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION OF VINEGAR 





Material and Brand 

 from Label 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis 



9689 

 10416 



9683 

 10391 



9697 



Vinegar, Compound Albion Grocery Co., Gastonia, 



N. C. 

 Vinegar Armstrong Grocery Co., New Bern, 



N. C. 

 Vinegar - Asheville Provision Co., Ashe\'ille, 



N. C. 

 do Baltimore Mfg. Co., Baltimore, Md. 



...do Blanton, A., Grocery Co., Shelby, 



N. C. 



9696 Vinegar, Spirit.... , do 



9695 Vinegar, Belle of the South do. 



10190 Vinegar, Apple Bear, Saml., Sr., & Son, Wilming- 

 ton, N. C. 



10156 Vinegar Beaufort Grocery Co., Beaufort, 



I N. C. 



10435 Vinegar, Spirit Bentley-Shriver Co., Baltimore, 



I Md. 

 10446 Vinegar. Boushee, Ed., Wilmington, N. C... 



10462 do Burr Mfg. Co., Richmond, Va 



9686 Vinegar, Monument Carroll Grocery Co., Spartanburg, 



S. C. 



9670 Vinegar Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Asheville, 



N. C. 



10163 do Davenport, J. T., Morehead City, 



N. C. 



9682iVinegar, Sugar Dawson Bros., Co., Memphis, 



Tenn. 



9679iVinegar, Sugar, Circle do. 



10624jVinegar, Distilled, Royal do 



Crown. 



Ideal Grocery Co., Gastonia 



Jno. H. Mizzell, Williamston 



P. Haynie, Marshall 



Morrisette Bros., Elizabeth City. 



J. E. Webb. Shelby 



M. A. McSwain & Son, Shelby... 



J. N. DelUnger, Shelby 



Hobbs&Russ, Warsaw 



J. B. Jones & Son, Beaufort 



H. W. Konig, Wilmington 



John G. Kuhlken, Wilmington ... 



Capps & Hines, Wilmington 



City Grocery Co., Kings Moun-. 



tain. 

 J. M. Smith, Morganton. 



H. B. Smith, Morehead City 



J. W. Nelson, Marshall 



J. W. R. Cline, Bryson 



J. D. Barnett, Wilmington 



