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disappearing, and most of the higher class packers of food products 

 have discontinued the use of them almost entirely. The results of 

 the examinations of this Department for the past ten years show that 

 chemical preservatives have not been much used in high-class prod- 

 ucts, but their use was confined to medium and low grade goods, and 

 mostly the latter. Some manufacturers claim that they can make a 

 better product with the use of chemical preservatives than can be 

 made without them. If this be true, it seems that chemical preserva- 

 tives would have been used in the higher class products instead of 

 having been confined largely to the lower grade goods. 



Seven samples of preserves were examined and only one (No. 

 6496a) was found to contain a chemical preservative. It was man- 

 ufactured by Curtis Bros. Company, and contained benzoate. 



INATION OF PRESERVES. 



31 



Retail Dealer or Party Who Sent 

 Sample for Analysis. 



6485 i Davis & Byerly, Charlotte. 



6486 T. T. Caraway & Son, Wades- 



boro. 

 6496a Lynch Bros., Greensboro 



6481 C. E. Jourdan, Durham 



6482 Patterson Bros., Durham.. 



6483 M. F. Kirby, Charlotte 



6484 Davis & Byerly, Charlotte. 



Chemical 

 Preservatives. 



None found. 



do -. 



Benzoate 



None found. 



do 



do 



do 



Remarks and Conclusions. 



Preserves, 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Salt pickles are clean, sound, immature cucumbers, preserved in a 

 solution of common salt, with or without spices. 



Sweet pickles are pickled cucumbers or other vegetables in the 

 preparation of which sugar (sucrose) is used. 



Five samples of pickles were examined, and no adulteration was 

 found. 



INATION OF PICKLES. 



I 



2^ 



an 



Retail Dealer or Party Who Sent 

 Sample for Analysis. 



6644 D. T. Johnson, Raleigh 



6643 do 



6641 W. B. Mann & Co., Raleigh 



6439 do 



6342 Davis & Byerly, Charlotte. . 



Adulterants. 



None found _ 

 do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Remarks and Conclusions. 



Sweet pickles. 

 Sour pickles. 



do. 

 Pin-money pickles. 

 Sweet pickled peaches. 



