Olive  oil 
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Flour, 
Mustard  \  Turmeric, 
Cayenne  pepper. 
Cottonseed  oil, 
Other  oils. 
Pepper   Various  ground  meals. 
Pickles   Salts  of  copper. 
(  Pepper  dust, 
Spices  \  Starch, 
y  Flour, 
f  Water, 
Spirits  J  Fusel-oil, 
j  Aromatic  ether, 
Burnt  sugar. 
Sugar   Starch-sugar. 
Exhausted  tea-leaves, 
Foreign  leaves, 
Indigo, 
Tea  -j  Prussian  blue, 
I  Gypsum, 
I  Soapstone, 
I  Sand. 
Vinegar  r  Water, 
\  Sulphuric  acid, 
f  Water, 
Wine  J  SPirits> 
j  Coal-tar  and  vegetable  colors, 
Factitious  imitations. 
Truly,  a  list  to  suit  the  most  capricious  taste.  It  almost  seems 
that  after  consuming  such  food  one  could  go  on  sword-swallowing 
with  impunity. 
In  a  recent  report  of  the  Illinois  State  Food  Commission  (1899- 
1900)  we  find  the  following  table  of  adulterations  detected  during 
the  year  : 
Number  Number 
Article  of  Food.  Analyzed.  Adulterated. 
Baking  powder   44  44 
Butter                                            ,  .  .   49  36 
Catsup   47  45 
Cider  (apple)   3  1 
Cider  (orange)   1  1 
Coffee ....   15  o 
Condensed  milk  (bulk)   4  1 
Condensed  milk  (cans) ,   22  4 
Cream  of  tartar   11  2 
Honey  •  *   22  9 
Jellies,  jams,  etc   13  9 
