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Maine Agricultural I^xperiment Station. 1917. 



CANNED SARDINES— Continued. 



Station 

 number 



Name and Address of Packer 

 and Brand. 



Results of Examination 



"E-M-L Brand American Sardines. 

 Packed by Lawrence Canning 

 Co., Rockland, Me. Weight 3i 

 ozs." Sample collected from 

 John Pelkey, Oct. 24, 1916. 



17091. Sardines in tin box without label. 



I Lawrence Canning Co., Rockland. 

 Sample collected from John Pel- 

 key, 35 Winter St., Rockland, 



! Oct. 24, 1916. 



17300-17304. "Togo Brand American Sardines 

 in cottonseed oil. 3J avoir, ozs. 

 Lubec Sardine Co.. Belfast, Me." 

 Samp'rs eolloeted at factory Sept. 

 22, 1916, taken at random in pack- 

 ing room. 



17184-17188. "Cape Elizabeth Brand American 



Sardines in cottonseed oil. 3i 



ozs. Packed by Portland Prod- 



j ucts Co., So. Portland, Me." 



! Samples purchased from factory 



Oct. 25, 1916. 



17199-17203. "Yarmouth Maine Brand American 

 Sardines in cottonseed oil. 3J 

 ozs. Packed by Royal River 

 Packing Co., Yarmouth, Me." 

 Samples purchased at factory 

 i Oct. 26, 19'16. 



17368-17372. "American Sardines in Cottonseed 

 Oil." Seacoast Canning Co., 

 Eastport, Me. Factory No. 4. 

 Samples were taken from factory 

 from five difierent cases before 

 being cartoned, Nov. 10, 1916. 



17240-17244. "Big Smoke American Smoked 

 Sardines in cottonseed oil. Con- 

 tents ?.] ozs. Seacoast Canning 

 Co., Eastport, Me." Samples 

 purchased from Cut Price Mar- 

 ket, 405 Lisbon St., Lewiston, 

 Oct. 25, 1916. 



17398-17402. "Conquerer American Sardines in 

 Cottonseed Oil. Weight 3i ozs." 

 Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, 

 Me. Samples taken at factory 

 Nov. 10, 1916. 



17373-17377. 



'Continental American Sardines in 

 Cottonseed Oil." Seacoast Can- 

 ning Co., Eastport, Me. "Weight 

 3| ozs." Each sample represents 

 a case. Taken at factory Nov. 

 10, 1916. 



17393-17397. "Dixie Brand American Sardines in 

 cottonBeed oil. Weight SJ ozs." 

 Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, 

 Me. Samples taken at factory 

 Nov. 10, 1916. 



Net weight 3.5 ozs. Six fish in can. 

 Pish hard, firm, good flavor; no 

 feed. Can slightly corroded. 



Net weight 4 ozs. Can well filled. 

 Eish hard, firm, good flavor; no 

 feed. Can somewhat corroded. 



Net weight 4.2 to 4.6 ozs. Five to 7 

 fish in can in cottonseed oil. One 

 can fish hard, 4 cans fish slightly 

 soft, flat flavor. Four cans no feed, 

 one can small amount white feed. 

 Four cans not corroded, one can 

 slightly corroded. 



Net weight 3.5 to 4.2 ozs. Eight to 12 

 fish in can in cottonseed oil. Fish 

 hard, firm, good flavor; no feed. 

 Cans not corroded. 



Net weight 3.8 to 4.8 ozs. One can 13 

 fish in cottonseed oil; other 4 cans 

 from 18 to 21 fish in tomato sauce. 

 Hard, firm, good flavor; no feed. 

 One can not corroded; 4 cans slight- 

 ly corroded. 



Net weight averaged about 4 ozs. 

 Three of these cans over-ran, 2 un- 

 der-ran. Eleven to 16 small flsh in 

 can in cottonseed oil. Flesh hard, 

 firm and good flavor. Three cans 

 without feed; slight amount of red 

 feed; in few flsh in 2 cans. Cans 

 were slightly corroded. 



Net weight from 3.5 to 4.4 ozs. Four 

 to 7 fish in can in cottonseed oil. 

 Eish hard, firm and good flavor; 2 

 cans without feed, 3 cans with small 

 amount of feed in some of the flsh. 

 Cans slightly corroded. 



Net weight from 3 to 4.4 ozs. Eight 

 to 11 flsh in can, in cottonseed oil. 

 Fish hard, firm and good flavor; 3 

 flsh in one and one fish in each of 2 

 other cans contained small amount 

 of red feed, otherwise no feed. Cans 

 slightly corroded. 



Net weight ranges from 2.9 to 4 ozs. 

 This low weight can was the only 

 one below claimed net weight. Eight 

 to 11 fish in can. Four cans had 

 fish hard, firm and good flavor; one 

 can, flsh slightly soft with flat fla- 

 vor. No feed. Cans slightly corro- 

 ded. 



Net weight from 3 to 3.7 ozs. Eight 

 to 20 flsh in can in cottonseed oil. 

 Fish hard, flrm and good flavor; 

 small amount of red feed in one can. 

 Cans slightly corroded. 



