REPORT ON FOOD ADULTERATION FOR 191 T 



My W. M. ALLEN, State Food Chemist, 



Assisted by 



W. A. SMITH, Assistant Chemist, 

 R. B. HALL, Assistant Chemist. 



A general statement, decisions of the court, a short discussion on 

 hearings and standards, an extract from the Food Law, rules on label- 

 ing, a summary of results obtained during previous years, and the re- 

 sults of the examination of food products for the year 1911 — constitut- 

 ing the twelfth annual report under the Food Law — are presented in the 

 following pages: 



GENERAL STATEMENT. 



When of general interest or when it will facilitate the enforcement 

 of the Food Law, examinations will be made of food or beverages for 

 parties within the State, provided samples of "same are taken and sent 

 to the Food Chemist in accordance with instructions from the Depart- 

 ment, and the required information concerning the sample is furnished. 



Results of analyses are sent to parties sending samples and parties 

 from whom samples are obtained by the Department, as well as the 

 manufacturer of the products. 



It is the desire of the Department to put information into the hands 

 of manufacturers, dealers and consumers of food, and to assist them in 

 every way it can to know and manufacture, handle and use the best, 

 most desirable and most wholesome food products. The Food Control is 

 in the interest of the honest manufacturer, the honest dealer, and for 

 the protection of the consumer. 



PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE FOOD LAW. 



During the year only two prosecutions under the Food Law have 

 been concluded which are as follows: 



State V. E. M. Adair, in Buncombe County Superior Court, for the 

 sale of adulterated and misbranded syrup. The defendant pleaded 

 guilty. 



State V. R. W. HarMns, in Buncombe County Superior Court, for the 

 sale of adulterated buttei-. Defendant was convicted. 



HEARINGS UNDER FOOD LAW. 



The State Food Law provides that if any of the provisions of the act 

 are found to have been violated, the party committing the offense shall 

 be notified of the facts in the case, and given an opportunity to show 

 cause why he should not be prosecuted for the same. During the year 

 about 200 such notices and hearings have been given. In each case 

 there was a violation of the law. Many of them, however, were slight 

 and trivial, while many others were of a more .(serious nature. A large 



