LABEL OF HARICOT PANACHE SAMPLE. 

 Haricots flageolets Weights. 



1107 



Haricots flageolets. 



Haricots flageolet-? Calculated to dry substance. 



HARICOTS PANACHES. 



But one brand of " haricots panaches" could be found on the Wash- 

 ington markets. 



DESCRIPTION OF SAMPL.K. 



JVo. 10976. Haricot* panaclwu. E. Du Raix, Bordeaux. This sample was bought 

 from Elphonzo Youngs Co., 428 Ninth street NW., and cost 45 cents. 

 It was labeled: ' Haricots panache's, couserves extra. Eugene Da Raix, 

 Bordeaux." The label was in red, white and blue, and represented a 

 French flag. 



This sample was put up in a glass bottle with a lead top, nothing in- 

 tervening between this cover and the beans. There was a white coat- 

 ing of a lead salt on the inner side of the cover. The beans contained 

 lead in solution, or at least in an oxidized state, to the amount of 15.6 

 nig per kilo, or 11.9 ing per bottle. Of course in this sample the oc- 

 currence of lead in the food can not be explained away as representing 

 possible fragments of solder. Copper was also present to the amount 

 of 30.4 ing per kilo. This is equivalent to 14.4 mg per bottle. Salicylic 

 acid in an extremely large amount was also found. This combination 



