38 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1918. 



Oleomargarine. 



Nos. 18532 and 18544. "Nut-Made Brand Margarine. Free from 

 animal fats." j* of 1% benzoate of soda. Providence Churning Company, 

 Providence, R. I. All vegetable fat. 



Olive Oil, Adulterated or Misbranded. 



No. 17481. "Atlantic Brand Salad Oil. Pressed from Cotton Seed. 

 Contents iy 2 ounces." This is straight cotton seed oil. It was mis- 

 branded in name for a lawful salad oil is pure olive oil. It was also 

 short measure. 



No. 17488. Purchased from Jed Puppus, Westbrook for olive oil. 

 It was not labeled. It is straight cotton seed oil. 



No. 18565. Purchased from Stanislaus Dyro, Portland. Goods in 

 bulk. No claim made as to kind of oil. It had a flavor somewhat re- 

 sembling olive oil. Its exact nature was not found. It was neither olive 

 oil, cottonseed oil nor corn oil. 



No. 18661. Purchased from Frank Karam, Bangor. "Finest Qual- 

 ity Olive Oil. Extra Pure. Termini Dimense, Sicilia, Italy." "Guar- 

 anteed absolutely Pure." Contains cottonseed oil and probably some 

 corn oil. 



Sardines. 



No. 18559. A sample of American Fisheries Company, American 

 Sardines Cooked in pure Olive Oil was collected from L. A. Gordon, 

 171 York Street, Portland. The fish were firm, of good flavor and 

 packed in olive oil. 



Shrimp. 



No. 17531. Seafooco Brand Barataria Wet Pack Shrimp, packed 

 by Sea Food Co., Biloxi, Miss., from John F. Hannaway, Biddeford. 

 Full weight. No preservatives found. Appearance, odor and flavor good. 



Sugar. 



No. 18588. A sample of suspected sugar from the Atlantic and 

 Pacific Tea Company, Portland, was examined and found to be pure 

 sugar. 



Tomato Puree. 



No. 16820. A sample of "Harbauer Stewed and Strained Tomatoes. 

 Packed by Harbauer Co., Toledo, Ohio. Contents Average Weight 6 

 lbs. 7 ozs. Made from whole tomatoes," was collected from E. W. Brown 

 Co., South Portland, Maine, and examined as Station No. 16820 and 

 found to be in accord with label. 



