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other cases were brought because the products were found to be 

 either entirely made up of substitute materials or to consist of mix- 

 tures with cider vinegar. 



MILK 



Fifty-one hundred and ninety-three samples of milk were an- 

 alyzed and nearly five hundred cases were terminated because of 

 adulterations of this product or because it contained less than 

 the standard amount of butter-fat or solids. In one case only was 

 added preservative (formaldehyde) found. In over two hundred and 

 thirty cases, the evidence and tests showed adulteration of the 

 original composition of milk by watering or skimming, or both. In 

 the remainder of the cases, the examination indicated no more than 

 that the milks were sub standard in composition. 



CREAM 

 Ten hundred and twenty-five samples were examined and one hun- 

 dred and thirty-one cases terminated because the creams were of 

 less richness than the law required for sale under that name. 



BUTTER 



Two hundred and sixty-three samples of butter and five samples of 

 cheese were analyzed. These examinations resulted, however, in the 

 termination of no cases. 



ICE CREAM 



Ice creams to the number of three hundred and twenty-five were 

 subjected to analysis, and forty-one cases terminated for adultera- 

 tion, all of them because the ice creams in question contained less 

 than the required amount of butter-fat. 



MEAT 



Meat products other than cold storage foods included one hun- 

 dred and seventeen samples of fish and oyster products and forty- 

 seven samples of canned and fresh meats. But ten cases were ter- 

 minated for adulteration of these products, most of them because 

 the meats were so far decomposed to be unfit for food purposes, and 

 several because goat meat w^as sold under the name of "lamb," and 

 because baby veal was being offered for sale, in one case, because the 

 material, hamburg steak, was adulterated with sulphur dioxide. 



SAUSAGE 

 Sixty-two samples were analyzed and twenty-five cases terminated. 

 Out of these cases, three were brought because the sausage had be- 

 come unfit for food; three because sulphur dioxide had been added; 

 eight because cereals or vegetable flour had been used as an ingre- 

 dient contrary to law ; sixteen because an excess of water was found 

 in the sausage ; and in one case, beef sausage was sold as and for pork 

 sausage. 



