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cation of foods and other materials. Ttie present codex is the outgrowth and 

 completion of an enterprise begim under different auspices a number of 

 years ago. 



Analyses and inspection work at the agricultural-chemical, experimental, 

 and food laboratory at Vorarlberg in Bregenz in 1910, J. M. Krasser {Ztschr. 

 Lanclw. Versuchsw. Osten:, I4 {1911), A'o. -}, pp. 582-591). — Information is 

 given regarding the character and extent of the analytical and inspection work 

 carried on. Analyses of commercial soup flavorings are reported and informa- 

 tion given regarding the food inspection work, regulations governing the sani- 

 tary handling and marketing of foodstuffs, and the inspection of fertilizers. 



Food inspection decision (U. S. Dept. Agr., Food Innp. Decision 138, p. 1). — 

 This decision, which has to do with saccharin in food, is a modification of Food 

 Inspection Decision No. 135 (E. S. R., 25, p. 368). 



Notices of judgment (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Notices of Judgment 895, pp. S; 

 896-897, p. 1 each; 898, pp. 2; 899, p. 1; 900, pp. 16; 901, pp. 2; 903-904, pp. 

 2 each; 906, p. 1; 901-910, pp. 2 each; 911-912, p. 1 each; 915-919, pp. 2 each; 

 920, p. 1; 921, pp. 2; 922, p. 1; 924-927, pp. 2 each; 928, pp. 8; 929-934, VP- 2 

 each; 935, p. 1; 936-937, pp. 2 each; 938, p. 1; 939, pp. 4; 940-946, pp. 2 each; 

 947-948, p. 1 each; 949, pp. 2; 950, pp. 16; 951, pp. 2; 952, p. 1; 953-954, pp. 2 

 each; 955-957, p. 1 each; 958-960, pp. 2 each; 961, p. 1; 962, pp. 2; 963-964, P- 1 

 each; 965, pp. 2; 966, p. 1; 967-970, pp. 2 each; 971-974, p. 1 each; 975-978, pp. 2 

 each; 981, p. 1; 982-983, pp. 2 each; 984, P- 1; 985-986, pp. 2; 987, pp. 3).— 

 These notices of judgment have to do with the misbranding of coffee, pork and 

 beans, drug products, Maraschino cherries, lemon flavor, Harris's lithia water, 

 evaporated apples, flour, preserves, " matzos," "pineapple" oranges, lemon ex- 

 tract, Buckhead lithia water, olives, a food product ("Crown glossine"), 

 " figprune cereal," and headache tablets ; the adulteration of ice cream cones, 

 tomato pulp, Jamaica ginger compound, tomato catsup, frozen eggs, tomato 

 ketchup, shelled peanuts, evaporated peaches, prunes, coffee, confectioners' 

 brown glaze, and eggs; the adulteration and misbranding of a drug product, 

 tomato catsup, olive oil, vinegar, blackberry coi'dial, maple sirup, spirits turpen- 

 tine, vanilla flavor, " Vani-Kola compound sirup," Jamaica ginger and flavoring 

 extracts (peppermint and wintergreen ) , flavoring extracts (vanilla, lemon, and 

 strawberry), evaporated apples, coffee, "salad oil," "true eggs substitute," 

 tomato paste, vanilla extract, and cider vinegar; the alleged misbranding of 

 " flavor of lemon and citral ; " the misbranding and alleged adulteration of vine- 

 gar; the adulteration and alleged misbranding of evaporated apples; and the 

 alleged adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. 



The infl.uences on the digestive processes of different beverages taken 

 during meals, Ide (2. Cong. Internat. Hyg. Aliment., Bruxelles [Proc.^, 1 

 {1910), Sect. 2, pp. 23-29). — From investigations carried on in the author's 

 laboratory, he concludes that except in cases of abnormal digestion or of toxic 

 beverages the influence of beverages on digestion is ordinarily much exagger- 

 ated. Liquids taken in ordinary amounts may lessen the acidity of the gastric 

 contents for a short time, but the effect is too small to be important. Tea and 

 coffee the author regards as stimulants to the secretion of digestive juices. 

 Milk is separated into water and curd as soon as it reaches the stomach, and 

 its liquid therefore affects digestion no more than does water. In most bever- 

 ages of acid and alkaline properties the latter are so feeble that they intensify 

 or neutralize the acidity of the gastric contents to only a very slight degree. 

 In the opinion of the author the question of whether beverages are appetizing 

 is more important to persons in health than their chemical nature. 



The biological role of potassium, E. Biernacki {Zenthl. Gcsam. Physiol, u. 

 Path. Stoffwechsels, n. sen, 6 {1911), No. 10, pp. 401-407).—The data reported 



