The Bulletin. 



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OF CANNED VEGETABLES— Continued. 



Therefore, when a vinegar is sold under a brand or trade name, it 

 should state the class to which it belongs; otherwise it will be pre- 

 sumed to be an apple-cider vinegar ; then, in case it is not a cider vine- 

 gar, it will be classed as misbranded and its sale in the State regarded 

 as a violation of the Food Law. 



During the year sixty-four samples of vinegar have been examined, 

 ten (or little more than 15.5 per cent) of which proved to be adul- 

 terated or misbranded. 



To comply with the requirements of the law a vinegar must contain 

 at least 4 per cent acetic acid. Eight of the samples examined and 

 reported in the table below were below standard. Two samples that 

 proved to be compounds were sold for cider vinegar. 



INATION OF VINEGAR. 





5542 

 5443 

 5444 



■3 '3 

 H3Ph 



3.60 

 4.67 

 4.28 



Sodium Bicarbonate. 



No change 



Slightly darker 

 Very dark 



Remarks and Conclusions. 



Distilled spirit vinegar, below standard. 

 Compound vinegar. 

 Apple cider vinegar. 



