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OF BREAKFAST FOODS— Continued. 



Only three samples were examined, and two of the three were found 

 to be adulterated, containing benzoates. They also ran rather high in 

 alcohol. 



INATION OF PHOSPHATES. 



branding under the National Food Law. For that reason the bottler 

 of a product will have to be held strictly responsible for his product 

 under the law. The so-called flavoring extracts from which many 

 soda waters are made are often misrepresented to the bottlers. It is 

 claimed that they are fruit juices, extracts, etc., when they are en- 

 tirely or partially artificial products. They have usually been labeled 

 fruit products, often showing on the label an attractive-looking picture 

 of the fruit from which the product was supposed to be made. 



There is a tendency among the soda-water bottlers not to label these 

 products at all. The rules of the Board of Agriculture on labeling 

 require that every package must be labeled, and the label must bear 

 the name and address of the bottler. 



A large number (144) of samples of these goods were examined, 

 and about 55 per cent of them were found to be adulterated. 



The principal adulterants found in these products are coal-tar dyes 

 and artificial flavors, without the presence of the latter being stated 

 on the label. 



