The Bulletin. 



43 



SAveet pickles are "pickles" in llie i)reparation of which sugar 

 (sucrose) is used. 



Six samples of pickles were examined, four of wliich were found 

 to be adulterated. In three of them benzoic acid was found ; in three 

 of them saccharine was found, and two of the number contained both 

 saccharine and benzoic acid. 



NATION OF PICKLES. 



•S3, 



•J IS 



Adulterants. 



Preservatives. 



4678 Benzoic acid- 



4681 -—do 



4696 None found - 

 5077 Benzoic acid- 



6144 

 6188 



None found 

 .—do 



Sweetener. 



Remarks. 



Saccharine - 



do 



None found 

 ....do-— 

 Saccharine - 

 None found 



Therefore, when a vinegar is sold under a brand or trade name, it 

 should state the class to which it belongs ; otherwise it will be pre- 

 sumed to be an apple-cider vinegar ; then, in case it is not a cider 

 vinegar, it will be classed as misbranded and its sale in the State a 

 violation of the Food Law. 



During the year thirty-nine samples of vinegar have been examined, 

 twelve, or a little more than 30 per cent, of which proved to be adul- 

 terated, misbranded or misrepresented. The principal violation of 

 the law in the sale of vinegar is the selling of one vinegar for another, 

 or by mixing a cheaper variety with a more expensive one and selling 

 the product for the more desirable vinegar, as will be seen by refer- 

 ence to the following table, which contains the results of the examina- 

 tion : 



NATION OF VINEGAR. 



Q d) 



.26 



.34 



3.81 



3.72 



.25 



B 



O 



I 



Lead Subacetate. 



Sodium 

 Bicarbonate. 



.03 No precipitate 



.04 -—do 



.26 Large precipitate- 

 do 



No change- 



— do 



Very dark - 

 —.do 



The indications are that 

 this is— 



.36 No precipitate No change- 



Distilled spirit vinegar, col- 

 ored, misbranded. 



Distilled spirit vinegar, col- 

 ored. 



Apple cider vinegar. 



do. 

 Distilled spirit vinegar. 



