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the State analyst, the report of the State food commissioner, a compilation of laws 

 and rulings under the law, and other data connected with the food inspection work. 

 The total number of foods examined, including spices, baking powders, cocoa, can- 

 dies, flour, sirup, dairy products, etc., was 980, of which 338 or 37.5 per cent were 

 adulterated. 



Analyses of food products, W. W. P. McConnell (Bien. Rpt. Minn. State Dairy 

 and Food Comr., 10 {1905), pp. 142-328, 380-427)-— Details are given regarding the 

 examination, under the provisions of the State pure-food law, of a large number of 

 samples of baking powders, dairy products, jams, jellies, meats, flavoring extracts, 

 milk and cream, etc. 



Report of State chemist, J. Hortvet {Bien. Rpt. Minn. State Dairy and Food 

 Comr. ,10 {1905), pp. 431-555, figs. 27, charts 3). — The analyses made under the State 

 pure-food law are discussed and data regarding court cases given. It is stated that 

 11,884 samples have been examined of which 3,756 were illegal. 



Biennial report of the deputy food commissioner, W. F. Thompson and E. L. 

 Redfern {Bien. Rpt. Deputy Food Comr. Nebr., 1904, pp. 53).— Results of analyses of 

 milk, vinegar, flavoring extracts, sirups, tomato catsup, cider, fruit products, canned 

 goods, and a number of miscellaneous samples are reported and briefly discussed. 



Nineteenth annual report of the Ohio dairy and food commissioner, H. 

 Ankeney {Ann. Rpt. Ohio Dairy and Food Comr., 19 (1904), pp- 06). — Thereportcov- 

 ers a year's work of the State dairy and food commission. The total number of 

 samples examined was 2,394, of which 872 were adulterated or sophisticated. The 

 samples examined included condiments, beverages, dairy products and other foods, 

 spices, flavoring extracts, drugs, etc. Prosecutions were instituted on 132 adulter- 

 ated articles. 



The food inspector's handbook, F. Vacher (London: The Sanitary Publishing 

 Co., 1905, 4. ed., pp.231, illus.; rev. in Lancet [London'], 1905, II, No. 21, p. 1430).— 

 This volume is intended as a guide for the use of food inspectors and contains chap- 

 ters on animal foods, fish, same, vegetables, etc., with a description of the appear- 

 ance and character of the foods, so that those which are fit for food and those which 

 should be condemned may be recognized. The question of food adulteration is also 

 taken up. 



The sanitary inspector's handbook, A. Taylor (London: LI. K. Lewis [1905], 

 4. ed., pp. 455, illus.; rev. in Lancet [London], 1905, I, No. 19, p. 1277). — It is stated 

 that this work has been thoroughly revised, illustrations have been added, and 

 the text and index amplified. Various questions connected with sanitary inspec- 

 tion are discussed, and a synopsis is given of the public health laws of Great Britain. 

 The book is designed to meet the needs of sanitary inspectors and those seeking to 

 qualify for such appointments, and also to supply practical information to those inter- 

 ested in sanitary subjects. 



Municipal food control manual, H. Messxek (Taschenbuch fur die Lebensmittel- 

 kontrollorgane der Gemeinden. Vienna and Leipsic: WUh. BraumiXUer, 1905, pj>. 284; 

 rev. in Osterr. Chem. Zty., 8 (1905), No. 10, p. 233). — This volume is designed as a 

 manual for those engaged in municipal food-control work. 



Existing- official laboratories and their utilization for the detection of 

 food frauds and adulterations, A. C. Girard (Rev. Soc. Sci. Hyg. Aliment., 1 

 (1904), No. 7, pp. 847-853). — A list is given of French official laboratories, which, 

 in the author's opinion, can be made use of in an organized attempt to suppress food 

 adulteration. 



The detection of corn meal in sausag-e, H. Kreis (Ber. Chem. Lab. Basel, 10 

 (1903); abs. in Ztschr. Untersuch. Nahr. u. Geimssmtl., 9 (1905), No. 8, p. 473).— 

 Methods of detecting corn meal were tested, the best results being obtained with that 

 of Mavrhofer. 



