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FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



Ground coffees. 



1 Dealer stated that this sample contains 50 JHT cent cotl'ee and ."(' per cent chicon . 



The results of the examinat ion of thirty samples are liiven in the table 

 of ground coffees. Twenty six samples, or S(i^ per cent of the samples 

 examined, were adulterated, or it' we include serial No. 8773, this per- 

 centage is increased to !>0. One sample, sold as round Rio, contained 

 no coffee at all. In fifteen samples the purchaser obtained hall, or less 



