REPORT ON FOOD ADULTERATION FOR 1910. 



By W. M. ALLEN, State Food Chemist, 



Assisted bt 



W. A. SMITH, Assistant Chemist 



A general statement, decisions of the court, an extract from the 

 Food Law, rules on labeling, a notice regarding the action of the 

 Commissioner relative to the use of benzoate in food, comments on 

 the use of chemical preservatives in food, a summary of results ob- 

 tained during previous years, and the results of the examination of 

 food products for the year 1910 — constituting the eleventh annual 

 report under the Food Law — are presented in the following pages: 



PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE FOOD LAW. 



During the year twelve violations have been sent to the State So- 

 licitors for prosecution under the Food Law. The following have 

 been concluded, with the results stated below: 



State V. J. E. Boynton, in Buncombe County Superior Court, for 

 the sale of misbranded liquor. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was 

 fined $100 and cost. 



State V. X. Lang, in Buncombe County Superior Court, for the 

 sale of misbranded liquor. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 

 $100 and cost. 



State V. W. H. Bush, in Buncombe County Superior Court, for 

 the sale of misbranded liquor. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was 

 fined $100 and cost. 



State V. O.K. Wainscott, in Buncombe County Superior Court, 

 for the sale of misbranded liquor. Defendant pleaded guilty, and 

 was fined $100 and cost. 



State V. A. N. T alley, in Buncombe County Superior Court, for 

 the sale of misbranded liquor. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was 

 fined $100 and cost. 



State V. Noland & Mclntyre, grocers, in Buncombe County Supe- 

 rior Court, for the sale of adulterated and misbranded butter. De- 

 fendants pleaded guilty of an unintentional violation, and were dis- 

 missed upon the payment of the cost. 



State V. Felmet Bros., grocers, in Buncombe County Superior 

 Court, for the sale of adulterated and misbranded butter. Defend- 

 ants pleaded guilty of unintentional violation, and were dismissed 

 upon the payment of the cost. 



