ADULTERATION <>F VKiiKTAHI.KS. 



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One of the most frequent frauds in this class of products is the 

 preparation of goods which have reached a relatively mature state, 

 and the selling of such products a> first grade. Mature peas, for 

 instance 4 , are sometimes soaked for the purpose of softening them, 

 canned, and sold as peas of first quality. Again, peas that are not 

 thoroughly ripe, but so nearly mature as to be relatively hard and 

 white, are sometimes canned as a high grade article. 



At the period at which sugar corn is canned the sugar disappears 

 very rapidly after picking and it is customary to add some sugar at 

 the time of canning. During recent years many canning establish 

 nicnts replaced sugar with saccharin, an artificial sweetening material 

 derived from coal tar. A few years ago it was customary to bleach 

 corn for canning by means of sulphites, but this practice has been 

 almost entirely discontinued. 



Tomatoes are sometimes colored artificially in order to add to the 

 price of an inferior article. 



TABLE III. Canned vegetables. 



ASPARAGUS. 



BEANS (STRING AND LIMA). 



Copper (French origin) 



Copper (American origin)"! . 



Co % e o r :::: 



Preservatives 



Saccharin 



Preservatives ( French) 



Preservatives (American).. 

 Do 



Preservatives. .. 



Do... 



20 



Occasional. 



do. 



Rare. 



Frequent. 



Bull. 13, Pt. 8, DiT. Chem., U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 1893. 

 Do. 



Rept. N. D. Agr. Expt, Sta., 1905. 



Do. 



Do. 



Bull. 13, Pt. 8, Div. Chem. , U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 1893. 



Do. 



N.C.Food Kept., 1900. 

 Bull. 13, Pt. 8, Div. Chem., U. S. Dept. Agr., 



1893. 

 N.C.Food Rept., 1900. 



(TORN. 



Preservatives . 



Do.... 



Do.... 



Sulphites . 



Do... 



Do.... 

 Saccharin 



Do.... 



Do.... 

 Sulphites . 



41 



70 . 

 Frequent. 



70 | 



Frequent. 

 Occasional. 



Bull. 13, Pt. 8, Div. Chem., U. S. Dept. Agr. 



1893. 



Bull. 165, N. C. Expt. Sta., 1899. 

 N.C.Food Rept., 1900. 

 Bull. 165, N. C. Expt. Sta., 1899. 

 Bull. 13, Pt. 8, Div. Chem., U. S. Dept. Agr. 



1893. 

 N.C.Food Rept. ,1900. 



1 N.C.Food Rept., 1900. 



Rept. N. D. Agr. Expt. Sta., 1905. 

 Do. 



Contained small amount of copper. 



