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CANNED SARDINES— Continued. 



Station 

 number 



Name and Address of Packer 

 and Brand. 



Results of Examination 



17363-17367. : "American Sardines in Mustard 

 Sauce." Seacoast Canning Co., 

 Eastport, Me. Factory No. 4. 

 Samples were taken from ship- 

 ping room before being cartoned, 

 Nov. 10, 1916. 



17388-17392. 



"American Sardines in Mustard 

 Sauce." Plain tins. Seacoast 

 Canning Co., Eastport, Me. Sam- 

 ples taken from 5 different cases 

 at factory Nov. 10, 1916. 



Net weight in excess of 12 ozs. Cans 

 contained from 3 to 5 fish. With 

 the exception of one fish no feed 

 present. Part of the fish were hard 

 and firm; others were slightly soft. 

 Flavor of all was good. Cans were 

 not corroded. 



Net weight from 3.4 to 4.1 ozs. Seven 

 to 12 flsh in each can in mustard 

 sauce. Fish hard, firm, good flavor; 

 no feed. Cans not corroded. 



IN TOMATO SAUCE. 



17143. Sardines in tomato sauce. Plain 

 cans. Conners & Thompson, 

 j Freeport, Me. Five samples ex- 

 amined as A, B, C, D, and E. 

 I Collected at factory Nov. 3, 1916. 



17123-17127. 'American Sardines in Tomato 

 Sauce. Lawrence Canning Co., 

 Eockland, Maine. Samples taken 

 from stock in shipping room at 

 factory before being labeled, Oct. 

 24, 1916. 



17209-17213. 1 "Rob Roy Dainty American Sar- 

 dines in Tomatoes. Net weight 

 3J ozs. Packed for J. M. McNien 

 & Co., New York." Samples col- 

 lected at factory of Royal River 

 Packing Co., Yarmouth, Oct. 26, 

 1916. 



17189-17193. "Piper Brand Fresh Herring in To- 

 mato Sauce. 7 ounces. Packed 

 by Portland Products Co., Port- 

 land, Me." Purchased from fac- 

 tory Oct. 25, 1916. 



17194-17198. "Piper Brand Fresh Herring in To- 

 mato Sauce. Net contents one lb. 

 Packed by Portland Products 

 Co., Portland, Me." Samples 

 purchased at factory Oct. 25, 

 1916. 



17383— 17387. i "American Sardines in Tomato 

 i Sauce. One-fourth size." Sea- 

 coast Canning Co., Eastport, 

 Me. Samples taken from differ- 

 ent cases at factory Nov. 10, 1916. 



Net weight 3.8 to 4.1 ozs. Four or 5 

 flsh in each can in tomato sauce. 

 Fish hard, firm, good flavor; no 

 feed. Cans slightly corroded. 



J Net weight 2.9 to 4.1 ozs. Four flsh 



in can in tomato sauce. Fish hard, 



[ firm, good flavor; no feed. Three 



I cans not corroded, 2 cans slightly 



corroded. 



Net weight 4.1 to 4.4 ozs. Six to 8 fish 

 in can in tomatoes. Fish hard, firm, 

 good flavor; no feed. Cans slightly 

 corroded. 



Net weight 7.1 to 8.7 ozs. Four to 6 

 flsh in can in tomato sauce. Fish 

 hard, fine flavor; no feed, except 

 small amount of white feed. Cans 

 slightly corroded. 



Net weight 12.7 to 15.6 ozs. Five to 

 9 flsh in can in tomato sauce. Fish 

 hard, firm, good flavor; no red feed 

 but a little white feed. Cans not 

 corroded. 



Net weight from 2.7 to 4 ozs. Eight 

 to 15 flsh in can, in tomato sauce. 

 The light weight can was only half 

 full. Fish hard, firm, good flavor; 

 no feed. Cans not corroded. 



