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FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 

 Okra and tomatoes. 



Okra and tomatoes Calculated to dry substance. 



LIST OF PACKERS WHOSE GOODS WERE EXAMINED. 



In the analyses of canned goods in the preceding pages it will 

 be noticed that, although many samples are mentioned, the packers 

 whose goods they represented are comparatively few in number. For 

 instance, one firm might put up a dozen kinds of vegetables, and these 

 analyses are naturally scattered through corn, succotash, beans, etc. 

 For this reason it was thought well to collate the results obtained from 

 all the goods of any given packer in regard to metallic contaminations 

 and preservatives. In the following alphabetical list will be found 

 summarized these general conclusions in regard to all packers whose 

 names occurred on goods analyzed in this investigation. 



M. Ader & Cie., Paris. Only one brand of this packer's goods (No. 

 10886 peas) was examined. It contained a large amount of salicylic 

 acid and 31.6 mg of copper per kilo. 



Amherst Packing Co., North Amherst, Ohio. Two samples of this 

 firm's products (Nos. 10944 and 10950), both canned beans, were exam- 

 ined. Both contained salicylic acid, the latter sample giving a remark- 

 ably large amount. No. 10944 contained a little zinc, but no copper, 

 while No. 10950 contained both zinc and copper in small amounts. The 

 amounts of these metals in both cases were too small to make it prob- 

 able that they were added intentionally. 



Amieux Freres, Nantes and Paris. In one sample of peas put up by 

 this firm (No. 10891) salicylic acid was present in relatively large amount ; 

 in another (No. 10873) it was not detected. A sample of beans (No. 

 10941) also contained it, while it was not found in macrdoine (No. 107U5). 

 All four samples contained copper, two in excessive amounts. A pea 

 sample (No. 10873) contained, in addition to the copper, a large amount 

 of zinc. 



