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THOMPSON YATES LABORATORIES REPORT 
Tinned 
S A L M ON- — -continued. 
Sample 
Date 
number. 
Brand. 
1898. 
Remarks. 
Royal York 
July 16th 
Sterile. 
Puritan 
Sep. 2nd 
Sterile. 
352 
Sep. 2nd 
Sterile. 
354 
Cycle 
Sep. 7th 
Sterile. 
301 
Signal 
375 
Oct. 1st 
Not Sterile. 
378 
Cleeves 
Oct. 7th 
Sterile. 
388 
English Crown 
Oct. 22nd 
Not. Sterile. 
408 
Nov. 17th 
Sterile. 
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e examined, and five 
were snown to be not steri 
Tinned Sardines 
Sample 
Date 
number. 
Brand. 
1898. 
Remarks. 
223 
Mar. 30th 
Not Sterile. 
290 
June loth 
Sterile. 
318 
International 
July i6th 
Sterile. 
353 
Sep. 2nd 
Not Sterile. 
360 
Sep. 14th 
373 
Oct. 1st 
Sterile. 
374 
Oct. 1 8th 
Not Sterile. 
389 
Oct. 22 nd 
Not Sterile. 
396 
Oct 29th 
Not Sterile. 
Tinned Lobster.— 
-One sample out of five examined was found to be not sterile. 
Ti 
NNED Lobster 
Sample Date 
number. Brand. 1898. Remarks. 
165 ... Feb. 3rd Sterile. 
191 ... , Feb. 1 8th Sterile. 
304 ... June 29th Sterile. 
355 ... Sep. 7th Not Sterile. 
407 ... Nov. 17th Sterile. 
Miscellaneous Tinned and Potted Meats. — As the table shows, these were very varied and 
amounted to 29 samples ; they included tinned meats, potted meats, meat pastes, and lard. 
Sixteen of the samples contained micro-organisms, and were therefore liable to undergo 
decomposition and to prove a source of danger. 
Preserved Fruits. — What has been said as regards the importance of tinned meats holds 
equally good in the case of preserved fruits. It is essential that every care should be taken to see 
that they are put up completely sterile. The loss to the manufacturer from the preserved fruits 
and jams undergoing fermentation, and the unwholesomeness of such articles of food, could be 
prevented by more scientific methods of preparation. Out of the 15 samples examined, six 
contained micro-organisms of various kinds. 
Fresh Fruits. — One sample of sprouting and fermenting fresh walnuts was examined. 
What has been said concerning the unwholesomeness of non-sterilized preserved fruits, is equally 
applicable to the un'sound ripe fruit caused by the presence of organisms. 
