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FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 

 Red kidney beans Calculated to dry substance. 



CORN. 



Forty-one samples of canned corn were examined. Zinc occurred 

 in 13; salicylic acid in 24. Copper was not found in any sample. Sul- 

 phurous acid occurred in many cases. 



DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES. 



No. 10010. Susquehanna sugar corn. Mitchell Brothers, Aberdeen, Md. This sample 

 was bought of C. W. Proctor, corner of Thirteenth and G streets NW., 

 and cost 20 cents. The label read: " Susquehanna brand sugar corn. 

 Packed by Mitchell Bros., at Aberdeen, Harford Co., Md." 



The can was corroded. The corn was fresh and sweet. It contained 

 4.4 mg of zinc per kilo, but no copper. Lead (53.9 ing) was also found, 

 but probably came from solder, at least in part. 



No. 10749. Evergreen sugar corn. I. H. Houston, Vienna, Md. One can of this sam- 

 ple was bought from Jackson & Co., 626 Pennsylvania avenue NW. ; one 

 can from P. F. Bacon, 640 Pennsylvania avenue NW. ; and another cau 

 from Frank Hume, 454 Pennsylvania avenue. Price of each can was 10 

 cents. The label read: "Evergreen sugar corn. Packed by I. H. Hous- 

 ton, at Vienna, Dorchester Co.,Md. First quality, fine natural flavor." 



The corn was white, soft and fresh. No preservative was detected. 

 One can of this sample contained zinc to the amount of 73.2 mg per 

 kilo; another, 42. C mg. Lead in the first can Avas 23 mg per kilo, and 

 in the other 42.2. Both may have been due to finely divided solder, 



No. 10750. Nectarine sugar corn. B. F. Shrirer < Co., Union Mills, Md. One can of 

 this sample procured from N. H. Shea, 632 Pennsylvania avenue NW., 

 cost 15 cents, and another, bought from Browning & Middleton, 610 

 Pennsylvania avenue, cost 12 cents. The label read: "Nectarine sugar 

 corn, superlatire. Packed by B. F. Shriver & Co., at Union Mills, Car- 

 roll County, Md." 



The corn was white, fresh and soft. Salicylic acid was found in 

 large amounts. Zinc was not present, but lead to the extent of 4;>.L' 

 mg was found. This latter possibly was in the state of solder. 



No. 10751. Pen-Mar brand sugar corn. John Eoot <)' Son, Meehaiiicxtotcn, Mil. One 

 <-an of this sample wan bought from Frank Hume, 454 Pennsylvania 

 avenue NW., at a cost of 10 cents, and another was purchased from 

 Beall &. Baker, ISti Pennsylvania avenue. NW., costing also 10 cents. 

 The label read:' "Pen-Mar brand sugar corn. First quality. Packed 

 by John lioot A, Son, Mechanicstown, Frederick County, Md." 



The corn was white, fresh and soft. No preservative could be 

 detected. No zinc was found, but there \\as some lead (9.1 mg). 



