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Under the head of accidental, he classes adulterations consisting of 

 substances accidentally present in articles of food, that is, not added 

 intentionally, but either present because natural to the article, or be- 

 cause they have become incorporated in it during the process of manu- 

 facture. In case such accidental impurities are of a nature to be in- 

 jurious to health the article should be condemned at once, though in 

 such case it would hardly be just to hold the vender liable to a greater 

 extent than is involved in the loss of his property. We append the 

 following list : 



Articles liable to be adulterated, as presented by Professor Sharpless. 



''It was evidently an oversight to have omitted cotton-seed oil and water. 



