Tjie Bulletin. 



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COFFEE SUBSTITUTES, ROASTED AND GROUND— Continued. 



product is deemed to be adulterated if it consists in whole or in part 

 of a decomposed or putrid animal or vegetable substance. 



Twenty-five samples of meal were examined, 7 of which had dete- 

 riorated and were unfit for food. The product in each case was 

 seized and the sale as human food prevented. As the dealers earn- 

 estly claimed that they were unaware that the meal had spoiled, no 

 prosecutions were recommended, but dealers are hereby cautioned 

 that violations of the law by the sale of spoiled meal will, in the 

 future, be prosecuted. 



