OFFICIAI, INSPECTIONS 30. . 4I 



PORK SAUSAGE. 



Sausage made from pork and spices alone and sold for what 

 it actually is need not be labeled, but if cereal is added its pres- 

 ence must be stated upon a label accompanying each package 

 sold. 



From the examination of samples of pork sausage purchased 

 during the last few months it would appear that most of the 

 goods sold under that name are properly labeled if they contain 

 cereal and that much less sausage is now made with cereal than 

 a short time ago. 



There would seem to be two reasons for this latter fact. To 

 be sure that a label accompanies each package which goes out 

 from a busy store is an added care and at times a nuisance, from 

 the standpoint of the dealer ; and again, most retailers are averse 

 to acknowledging that their goods are cheapened by any adul- 

 teration. 



The markets listed in the following table represent only a 

 small part of the places visited by the inspector. In some 

 places signs were displayed declaring that the sausage contained 

 cereal and in these cases no samples were purchased ; in other 

 places when the goods called for were wrapped up tags bearing 

 the same statement were included and in such instances the 

 goods were not taken. 



The figures and statements in the table of pork sausage 

 analyses are self explanatory. In the 3 cases where cereal was 

 found one sample had a label inside the package clearly stating 

 that fact. Another carried no label because of a misunderstand- 

 ing. Tags were displayed but the statements upon them were 

 not explicit and new tags were printed. The other case has 

 been temporarily passed pending examination of further 

 samples. 



Since the above was sent to the printer a sample of pork 

 sausage has been purchased from Mr. Nelson McFadden, 124 

 Maine St., Brunswick, and found to be adulterated by the 

 addition of cereal starch. The case is a particularly aggra- 

 vated one because of a previous offence of the same kind, noted 

 in Official Inspections 22, and will probably be prosecuted. 



