1106 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



HARICOTS FLAGEOLETS. 



Three samples of beans labeled " haricots flageolets " were examined. 

 Two were packed in France and the third came from Great Britain. 

 All were colored with copper. Salicylic acid was present in two. Lead 

 was present in large quantity in two samples. 



DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES. 



N*. 10937. Haricots flageolets extra fins. E. Du Baix, Bordeaux, This sample was 

 bought of John P. Love, 1534 Fourteenth street NW., and cost 35 cents. 

 It was contained in a glass jar with a lead top. The label was: "Hari- 

 cots flageolets, extra fins. Eugene Du Raix, Bordeaux." 



The contents of the bottle were of a bright green color. A small 

 amount of salicylic acid was detected. Copper was present to the 

 extent of 25.2 mg per kilo or 10.7 nig per bottle. Lead was found to 

 the enormous extent of 46.0 mg per kilo (19.6 mg per bottle). This was 

 undoubtedly derived from the lead top. 



No. 10941. Haricots flageolets extra fins. Amieitx Freres, Paris. This sample was 

 bought froiu Geo. E. Kennedy, 1209 F street NW., and cost 30 cents. 

 The label was : ' ' Haricots flageolets, fine fleur, extra fins. Amieux Freres, 

 Paris, France. Se metier des imitations. Notre devise est comme iiotre 

 iioin : Toujours a ruieux." 



The can was slightly corroded. The contents were of a deep green 

 color and contained salicylic acid. Copper was present to the extent of 

 90.7 mg per kilo (39.8 mg per can). This is equivalent to 156.4 mg of 

 copper sulphate in each can. 



2fo. 10942. Flageolets extra fins. John Moir $ Son. London. This sample was 

 bought from A. O. Wright, 1632 Fourteenth street NW. Price, 50 cents. 

 The label was: " Flageolets extra fins. Prepared by John Moir & Sou, 

 limited, London, Aberdeen, and Seville, purveyors to tln-ir royal high- 

 nesses the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Mout- 

 pensier," 



No preservatives were found. The beans, which were of a deep green 

 color, were contained in a tall, slender bottle, closed at the top by a 

 piece of varnished tinplate, the joint being made upon a disk of cork. 

 Copper was present in this sample to the extent of 10.2 mg per kilo, or 

 5.2 mg per bottle. Lead was present in great quantity, there being 79.2 

 mg per kilo, or 40.7 mg per bottle. Its source is by DO means clear. The 

 disk of cork contained some lead, but this was more likely derived from 

 the contents of the bottle than the reverse. The varnish on the tin top 

 was lead-free. There was no zinc. 



Luckily the price of this brand of goods is too high to permit its be- 

 ing in very general use. 



