OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 39. 'J'J 



Pride of Jersey Tomato Catchup. Packed by Bridgton Preserving 

 Co., Bridgton, N. J., purchased from C. A. Weston Co., Portland. 



Star Brand Tomato Catchup. Packed for Shaw, Hammond & Carney, 

 Portland. 



Waldorf Brand Tomato Catchup. Put up by the Williams Bros. Co., 

 Detroit, Mich. 



The Alontauk Point Brand Tomato Catchup, E. E. Clifford 

 Co., Portland, Me., w.as. branded to carry two-tenths of one 

 per cent of benzoate of soda, which it practically did. 



The E. E. Clifford Co. imported from Chicago barrels of 

 catchup that came labeled "Kinsey Brand Catchup. Huss, 

 Edler Preserve Co., Chicago," and claimed on the label to con- 

 tain one-tenth of one per cent of benzoate of soda. Before 

 bottling these goods samples of them were submitted for ex- 

 amination and found to carry .336 per cent of benzoaie of soda, 

 and the bottles were labeled as containing one-third of one per 

 cent benzoate of soda. At the time when these samples were 

 taken the United States Department of Agriculture was not 

 prosecuting misbranding for benzoate of soda. These cases 

 were not reported to them although they were misbranded 

 under the National Act. 



PICKLES. 



Under the law a food is misbranded if "it fails to bear a 

 statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of each and 

 any added coloring matter, preservative, chemical or drug con- 

 tained therein." Under the food regulations benzoate of soda 

 is at present permitted to be used in foods provided its pres- 

 ence and amount are plainly stated on the label. Alum may be 

 used in limited amount in pickles provided its presence and 

 amount are plainly stated on the label. 



Pickles which contain added alum must when they are de- 

 livered to the consumer be labeled so as to plainly show the 

 fact that they contain alum. In order to see how generally this 

 regulation was being complied with the inspectors purchased 

 during the winter months pickles at several establishments m 

 different towns of the State. In each instance the inspector 

 visited the store and purchased one or more of the different 

 kinds the dealer carried. The character of the goods thus o'b- 

 tained is pointed out in the following tables. In all cases where 

 the goods were misbranded hearings were appointed, and prose- 

 cutions instituted unless the dealer was able to prove that he had 



