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until the sugar in the juice is converted by fermentation into alcohol, 

 in which it is insoluble, when it is precipitated in an impure form. 



Cream of tartar is used in medicine but its largest use is in the manu- 

 facture of baking poAvder. 



Seventeen samples of croam of tartar were examined and no adul- 

 teration was found. 



TION OF CREAM OP TARTAR. 



food is just as much an imposition on the purchaser and a violation of 

 the Food Law as any other form of adulteration, and examination of 

 such products on sale in the State will be made from time to time. 

 Violations of this kind if detected will be prosecuted. Therefore, deal- 

 ers are warned to see that such products, when offered for sale, are in 

 good condition. 



Eleven samples of these goods Avere examined during July and Au- 

 gust and all were found to be in bad condition, containing worms and 

 were worm-eaten to the extent that they were entirely unfit for human 

 food. 



