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ANNTJAL REPORT OP THE 



Off. Doc. 



ACTIVITIES OF THP] BUKEAU DURING 1014 



The detailed statements concerning the activities of the several 

 special agents, the examination of samples, the findings of adnltera- 

 tion, and legal proceedings instituted during 1914 are given in the 

 appendix to this report; but summaries of these facts are presented 

 in this connection. 



SAMPLES EXAMINED AND FOUND ADULTERATED 



The number of samples collected by the special agents during the 

 year was 4811, which, together with 16 samples received from the 

 City Board of Health of Philadelphia, which were mailed to the 

 technical experts for examination, makes a total of 4827 samples 

 submitted. 



These samples are classified in the list given below. The number 

 of samples examined belonging in the respective classes, together 

 with the number found to have been sold in violation of the law, are 

 set forth. 



Class Name. 



ButtiT 



Fish 



Cream 



Milk 



Oleoiiiargarine 



Resovated butter, 



Ecrrni 



Cold storage products, 



Fresh meat, 



Fruit syrup 



Ice cream 



Lard 



Non-alcoholic drinks, . 



Sausage 



Vinegar 



Other foods, 



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A 



5 



27 



224 



24 



1 

 48 

 84 

 14 



9 

 87 



6 

 127 



8 



66 



181 



911 



The figures given in the foregoing columns are not exactly com- 

 parable. Those given in the third column represent not merely the 

 subjects of examination during the year 1914, but those in which 

 cases presented to th.e courts upon the chemist's report of adultera- 

 tion, misbranding, etc., and found to have been sold or exposed for 

 sale or otherwise in violation of the law. Some of these samples 

 were purchased prior to 1914, and correspondingly some of the sam- 

 ples purchase in 1914 and reported by the chemists as having been 

 sold in violation of the law, have not yet been passed upon by the 

 Courts. It ought further to be noted that the list in the second 

 column includes 99 cases in which the retail vendors were pro- 

 tected by the guarantee of manufacturers or jobbers resident beyond 



