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Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1917. 



CANNED SARDINES— Continued. 



Station 

 number 



Name and Address of Packer 

 and Brand. 



Results of Examination 



17214^17218. "Mytinice Brand Norwegian Style 

 Unsmoked Sardines in Pure Olive 

 Oil. Packed at Yarmouth, Me., 

 3i ozs. for Figved Importing Co., 

 Chicago, 111." Samples collected 

 I at factory of Royal River Pack- 

 ing Co., Yarmouth, Oct. 26, 1916. 



17204-17208. 1 "Norwegian Style Smoked Sardines 

 in pure olive oil. Prince Peer 

 Brand. Packed at Yarmouth, 

 Me., for Pigved Importing Co., 

 Chicago, 111. Contents 3i ozs." 

 Samples collected at factory of 

 Royal River Packing Co., Yar- 

 mouth, Oct. 26, 1916. 



Net weight 3.4 to 3.9 ozs. Six to 21 

 fish in can in olive oil. Fish in 4 

 cans hard, firm, good flavor; flsh in 

 one can hard, firm, but flavor flat. 

 Slight amount red feed in one flsh 

 in one can; others no feed. Cans 

 corroded. 



Net weight 3.5 to 4.4 ozs. Six to 19 

 flsh in can in olive oil. Pish hard, 

 flrm, good flavor; no feed. Cans 

 slightly corroded. 



IN MUSTARD SAUCE. 



17164-17168. "American Tomah Brand Sardines. 



Packed in mustard sauce. E. W. 



, Brown Co., So. Portland. 11 ozs." 



Samples purchased at factory 



Oct. 24, 1916. 



17169-17173. "Arrow Brand Sardines in Mustard 

 Sauce. Average net weight 11 ozs. 

 Packed by E. W. Brown Co., So. 

 Portland, Me." Samples pur- 

 chased at factory Oct. 24, 1916. 



17149-17153. "Clyde American Sardines packed 

 in mustard sauce. Weight 10 ozs. 

 Packed at So. Portland, Me., by 

 -E. W. Brown Co." Samples pur- 

 chased at factory Oct. 24, 1916. 



17154—17158. "Clyde American Sardines in mus- 

 tard sauce. Packed at So. Port- 

 land, Me., by E. W. Brown Co. 

 Weight 3| ozs." Samples pur- 

 chased at factory Oct. 24, 1916. 



17408-17412. "Banquet Brand American Sardines 

 in Mustard Sauce. B. D. Clark 

 & Son, Eastport, Me. Samples 

 taken from separate boxes at 

 factory Nov. 11, 1916. 



17118-17122. "E-M-L Brand Sardines in Mustard 

 Sauce. Packed by Lawrence Can- 

 ning Co., Rockland, Me. 11 ozs." 

 Samples collected from factory 

 Oct. 24, 1916. 



17092-17094. "Laurens & Cie American Sardines 

 in Mustard Sauce. Packed by 

 Lawrence Canning Co., Rock- 

 land, Me. Weight 10 ozs." Sam- 

 ples collected from John Pelkey, 

 35 Winter St., Rockland, Oct. 24, 

 1916. 



iNet weight 10.2 to 11.1 ozs. Pour to 

 9 flsh in can in mustard sauce, also 

 many pieces. Although the flsh were 

 fairly hard they appeared to fall to 

 pieces readily. Appeared mussy. 

 Two cans good flavor, 3 cans flavor 

 flat. Three cans no feed; two cans 

 had few fish containing digestible 

 material which appeared to be red 

 feed. Cans not corroded. 



Net weight 10.4 to 11.2 ozs. Three to 

 j 15 flsh and several pieces in can in 

 I mustard sauce. One can flsh hard, 

 I firm, good flavor; 2 cans flsh fairly 

 I soft with flat flavor; one can flsh 

 I slightly soft with flat flavor; one 

 ', can flsh soft with flat flavor. Pew 

 ' fish in two cans contained dark col- 

 j ored feed similar to mud; from one 

 i to 3 fish in other cans contained red 

 feed. Cans not corroded. 



Net weight 9.7 to 11.4 ozs. Six to 8 

 fish in can in mustard sauce; in one 

 can six unbroken flsh and several 

 pieces. Pish hard, flrm, good flavor; 



j no feed. Cans not corroded. 



I Net weight 3.8 to 4.5 ozs. Five or 6 

 fish in can in mustard sauce. Fish 

 hard, firm, good flavor; two flsh in 

 one can contained white feed, others 



i had no feed. Cans not corroded. 



! 



;Net weight 11.1 to 12.0 ozs. Four flsh 

 in can in mustard sauce. Fish hard, 

 firm, flavor flat. Pew flsh in 4 cans 

 contained red feed; one can no feed. 

 Cans not corroded. 



Net weight 10.6 to 11.8 ozs. Five to 

 8 flsh in can in mustard sauce. Fish 

 hard, firm, good flavor; no feed. 

 Cans not corroded. 



Net weight 9.7 to 11,9 ozs. Eight to 

 11 flsh in can in mustard sauce. Pish 

 hard, flrm, good flavor; no feed. 

 Cans not corroded. 



