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The Bulletin. 



RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS OF 





Brand Name from Label. 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler. 



2880 Pork and Beans, Star Armour Canning Co., Chicago, 111. 



2913 Baked Beans, Roxbury - 

 2917 Baked Beans, Mayflower. 



Roxbury Packing Co., Boston, 

 Mass, 



4489 Lima Beans, Puritan Hollowell Packing Co., Brunswick 



Me. 



3809 Peas, French Eugene Du Raix, Bordeaux, France 



3810 String Beans do 



Retail Dealer. 



Rose & Wilson, Winston. N. C— 



J. M. Smith, Rockingham, N. C. 



J. A. Newberry, Rockingham, 



N. C. 

 D. G. Noland, Asheville, N. C 



-do. 

 -do. 



PEEPARED MUSTARD, SALAD DRESSING, AND 



PICKLES. 



*"Preparecl mustard, German mustard, French mustard, mustard 

 paste, is a paste composed of a mixture of ground mustard seed or 

 mustard flour, with salt, spices and vinegar, and calculated free from 

 water, fat and salt; contains not more than 24 per cent of carbohy- 

 drates, calculated as starch, not more than 12 per cent of crude fiber 

 nor less than 35 per cent of protein, derived solely from the materials 

 named. Salad dressing contains some table oil also." 



The common adulterants of prepared mustard are make-weights, 

 starchy materials in excess (wheat and corn flour, etc.), coloring 

 matters, such as turmeric and coal-tar dyes (Martins' Yellow, etc.), 

 and chemical preservatives, such as sulphites, salicylic acid, etc. 



The most objectionable form of adulteration in this class of goods 

 is the unscrupulous use of make-weights and artificial coloring matter 

 to hide them, turmeric, probably, being most largely used for the 

 coloring because of its flavor, as the manufacturers can claim that 

 as the purpose of its use. It has a bright yellow color and is prepared 

 from a plant allied to ginger. It is not poisonous, and its use is ob- 

 jectionable only on account of its deception. It is used to cover up 

 adulteration and inferior materials, particularly flour, Avhen used 

 excessivelv. As the consumer cannot distinguish between turmeric 

 and some of the poisonous coal-tar colors, its use is dangerous, for the 

 unscrupulous manufacturer can use the cheaper poisonous dyes 

 instead. 



"Extracts from standards published elsewhere in this report. 



