ANALYTICAL REPORTS 21 



We may give an example of a report as follows: 



Form No. II 

 Lab. No. 462. 



Label: Pure currant jelly. Made by Smith, Jones &° Co., Nan- 

 tucket, Wis. 

 Sample received August 5, 1914. Sample examined August 5, 



1914. 

 Condition of seals: Good, unbroken sample. 

 Organoleptic tests: Not conclusive. 



Consistency or feel : Poorly jellied. 

 Color: Normal for eurrant jelly. 

 Odor: Faint, somewhat disagreeable. 

 Taste: Not characteristic, bitterish, quite acid. 

 Adjunct tests. 

 Sublimation tests for 



Benzoic acid: Negative. 

 Salicylic acid: Very marked. 

 Boric acid (curcuma thread) : Negative. 

 Iodine reaction: Very marked. 

 Intracellular : Negative. 

 Extracellular: Positive, very marked. 

 Special tests: Salicylic acid color reaction, with ferric chloride , 



very marked. 

 Microscopical examination. 



General. Some apple tissue {window cells and pulp cells) and 

 currant tissue {selercnchyma) present. Added wheat 

 starch about 5 per cent. 

 Cytometric counts. 



Dead yeast cells, 80,000,000 per cc. 



Living yeast cells, none per cc. 



Bacteria, 600,000,000 per cc. 



Mold (hyphal fragments and clusters), 84,000 per cc. 



Mold spores, 5,000,000 per cc. 



Smut spores, none per cc. 



Conclusions: Misbranded. Adulterated with apple and with wheat 

 starch and made from fermented and decomposed ma- 

 terial, preserved with salicylic acid. Not jit for human con- 

 sumption because of the quantity of yeast, mold and bacteria 

 present. 



John Doe, Analyst. 



