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TiiK Bulletin. 



RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION OF 



JE 



Material and Brand 

 from Label 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis 



9169|Strawberry Extract-.. 



9 159 Strawberry Extract, Eagle. 



9373 1 Strawberry Extract, Imita- 

 tion. , 

 9205 Strawberry Extract, Gold 



Arrow.* 

 9378 Imitation Strawberry Ex- 



1 tract. 

 91 82 1 Strawberry Extract 



9104 Strawberry Flavor.. 



Crown Chemical Co., Baltimore, 



Md. 

 Eagle Mills Co., Nashville, Tenn.. 



J. T. Pinrkston, Wadesboro 



Lackey Bros., Hamlet 



Goldsboro Drug Co., Goldsboro 



*Sample from old stock. 



Goldsboro Drug Co., Goldsboro, 



I N. C. ! 



Newton Tea and Spice Co., Cincin- Chas. E. Pugh, Greensboro 



nati, Ohio. j 



!Goldsboro Drug Co., Goldsboro, iGoldsboro Drug Co., Goldsboro. 



! N. C. I 



[Sampson Medicine Co., Winston- VV. J. Glass, Concord 



i Salem, N. C. i 



iSmith, Dr. T. C, druggist, Ashe- IT. C. Smith, druggist, Asheville. . 



1 ville, N. C. 1 



FLOUR. 



Flour is the fine, clean, sound product made by bolting wheat meal 

 and contains not more than 13.5 per cent of moisture, not less than 

 1.25 per cent of nitrogen, not more than 1 per cent of ash, and not 

 more than 0.50 per cent of fiber. 



On this very important subject the following is quoted from the 

 Report of this Department for 1910: 



"Very little adulteration is found in flour, except the bleaching of 

 it by the use of nitrogen peroxide, a foisonous gas. A food product 

 is adulterated : If it be mixed, colored, bleached, powdered, coated 

 or stained in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed, 

 or if it contains any added poisonous or other added d'eleterions ingre- 

 dient which may render such article injurious to health. 



"Investigations have shoAvn that in the bleaching of flour by the 

 Alsop process both classes of adulteration exist. The bleaching agent, 

 nitrogen peroxide, is a poisonous substance and is left in the flour after 

 the bleaching is completed. By bleaching, low grade flours are made to 

 appear like high grade products, the appearance of them being im- 

 proved without imjiroving their quality. The Alsop Process Company, 

 which owns the patent right for the bleaching process, has made the 

 greatest effort possible to prevent food officials from enforcing the law 

 against the bleaching of flour. They have employed, at tremendous 

 cost, the very best scientific and legal talent that is to be had in this 

 country, but the officials have so far won in every case tried, the most 

 important of which is the one knoAvn a« the Kansa.s City ca.se. It was 



