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ketcliup on sale in the State with respect to the use of preservatives, 

 saccharin, and artificial colore, the concentration of the Icetchup, 

 its acidity and the presence of moulds and bacteria. The results of 

 this survey are printed in Bulletin No. 272. The condition of this 

 very generally used table sauce was found to be gratifyingly excel- 

 lent. 



MATTEES OF SPECIAL COMMENT AS TO ADULTERATION 

 IN PARTICULAR CLASSES OF FOODS 



In the foregoing summary it was stated that 8,939 samples of var- 

 ious foods were analyzed or otherwise examined. The numbers of 

 samples of the several classes of foods are grouped in accordance 

 with the laws under which they were examined, and are as follows: 



Butter, 263 



Cheese, 5 



Cream, 1,025 



Milk, 5,193 



Cold Storage Products, , 108 



Eggs, 168 



Fruit Syrups, 7 



Ice Creams, 325 



Lard, 10 



Non-Alcoholic Drinks, 354 



Oleomargarine, 65 



Renovated Butter, 2 



Sausage, 62 



Vinegar, 371 



Food, 900 



Miscellaneous, 81 



8,939 



A detailed summary of the subordinate kinds of foods examined, 

 is presented in paper No. Ill of the Appendix. In paper No. IV of 

 the Appendix is presented a classified list of the cases terminated, 

 including a statement of the kinds of foods which were adulterated 

 and misbranded and the general nature of the off'ense. It should be 

 recalled that this list of cases terminated does not correspond pre- 

 cisely with the respective groups of foods collected for examination 

 and examined during 1915. As stated repeatedly in previous reports, 

 publication of legal proceedings under the food acts is deferred until 

 the courts have pronounced judgment upon the cases presented for 

 their decision. It follows necessarily that, owing to the time re- 



