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back in the '80's when oleomargarine was so universally sold for 

 what it is, has been so cheap relative to butter, and its sale so great. 

 In fact, the public use of this material is rapidly on the increase. 



SAUSAGE 



Out of the 117 samples purchased for examination, only eight 

 were condemned; three because of decomposition which rendered 

 them unfit for use as food; one because of the addition of sulphur 

 dioxid; one because of the addition of excessive amounts of water, 

 although no starchy binder was employed. The conditions as to 

 adulteration of this^ class of foods continue to be excellent, as com- 

 pared with the state of affairs existing prior to the passage of the 

 Sausage Law. 



LARD 



Of lard, only a small number of samples were examined during 

 the year, these' having been selected because of some suspicion as to 

 their nature. Of these, four were found to contain some cottonseed 

 oil product, and one was declared to be an imitation. 



EGGS 



163 samples were examined to ascertain their fitness for human 

 consumption. In six cases, of eggs found in bakeries where they 

 had been or were about to be used for making cakes, the eggs were 

 found decomposed and unfit for human food. These examinations 

 were additional to those above reported in the paragraph dealing 

 with the enforcement of the Cold Storage Act. 



VINEGAR 



The product sold as cider cinegar still continues to show a large 

 proportion of adulteration. The principal adulteration continues to 

 be the addition of water to cider vinegar, and use of some sugar 

 containing material other than apple solids. The instances of adul- 

 teration found include several in which syrup vinegar was made from 

 substances other than syrup or molasses. The acetic acid used in 

 these adulterated articles was obtained chieflly from distilled vine- 

 gar. As else-^vhere stated, 66 convictions were obtained during the 

 year for offenses relating to this commodity. 



FRUIT SYRUPS 



Fruit syrups exhibited, in nearly all instances of adulteration of 

 this product, coal tar dye, giving it a deceptive color; in one case 

 only was the use of artificial flavoring, instead of the natural flavor 

 reported. 



NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS 



Although the proportion of adulteration now found as compared 

 with that which existed before the passage of the Non- Alcoholic 

 Drinks Law, is greatly reduced, it is still disappointingly great. The 

 kinds of adulteration remain the same as in the recent past. Forty- 



