ADULTERATED FOOD
WHAT SAMPLES CONTAINED EXTRAORDINARY DETAILS GIVEN (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, Otfi August. Extraordinary details of food adulteration are given in the annual report of the Ministry of Health, which says that 51,000 samples of miscellaneous foods were analysed during the year. The resultant discoveries included yeast containing arsenic; cider, dried pears and canned beans containing copper; chicken and ham paste containing lead; spiced beef and tongue containing tin. “Concentrated limejuice” consisted of a flavoured solution of citric acid with glycerine, while some soda-water entirely lacked sodium bi-carbonate.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 10 August 1934, Page 2
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91ADULTERATED FOOD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 10 August 1934, Page 2
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