The Bulletin. 



25 



FRUITS— CURRANTS, DATES AND RAISINS. 



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-Q 5 



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9264 

 9267 

 9268' 

 9266 

 9262 

 9271 

 9265 

 9263 

 9269 

 9261 

 9270 



Reniarka and Conclusions 



Currants, on account of worms were unfit for food; sale illegal. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. • 



Currants, on account of worms were unfit for food; package did not show name of manufac- 

 turer or jobber; sale illegal. 

 Dates, on account of worms were unfit for food; sale illegal. 



do. 



Dates, on account of worms were unfit for food; did not show name and address of manufacturtT 



or jobber; sale illegal. 

 Raisins, on account of worms were unfit for food; sale illegal. 



do. 



davor. Of these, four samples were examiued, three of which were 

 labeled ^'banana extract," and being synthetic or artificial products were 

 misbranded. 



OF IMITATION BANANA EXTRACT. 



naturally seeks to reduce the amount of alcohol used; but lemon oil, 

 being almost insoluble in weak alcohol, to reduce the strength of the 

 latter necessarily reduces the amount of lemon oil present or in solution. 



Extracts are often adulterated by the addition of such substances as 

 citral, oil of citronella and oil of lemon grass. 



These products are usually labeled compound, and dealers often insist 

 that the compound is just as good or practically as good as the real 

 extract, and consumers are induced to buy them at the same or near 



