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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST TO THE GOVT. OF MADRAS
Salem.—Forty-two samples were certified as
adulterated The vendor who sold a sample of
ghee with 30 per cent foreign fat was prosecuted
and fined Rs. 20.
Twenty-three milks were adulterated with
added water in amounts varying up to 57 per
cent. Two vendors were cautioned. Twenty
-one vendors were prosecuted and fined.
Seven coffee powders contained chicory. All
the vendors were prosecuted and fined.
Ten teas were found adulterated—all very
heavily. Two contained blackgram husk and
the rest foreign leaf. Three vendors were
cautioned and seven prosecuted and fined bet
-ween Rs. 10 and 15.
A vendor who sold gingelly oil adulterated
with 70 per cent groundnut oil was, on prose
-cution, fined Rs. 20.
Tellicherry.— Seventy samples were reported
as adulterated. Of these 36 related to ghee
which were adulterated with foreign fat up to
95 per cent. All the vendors were prosecuted
and fined up to Rs. 40.
Twenty-eight milks contained added water.
Two of these were also deficient in fat. Four
vendors were cautioned. One vendor absconded.
Prosecutions were launched against the remain
-ing 23 vendors, 22 were fined and one was
acquitted.
A vendor who sold coffee with 90 per cent
chicory was prosecuted and fined.
Four teas contained foreign leaf between 40
and 55 per cent. Proceedings were taken in all
the cases and the vendors were convicted and
fined.
A vendor who sold a sample of groundnut oil
with 40 per cent coconut oil was, on prosecution,
fined Rs. 15.
Trichinopoly.—Eleven samples were certified
as adulterated. Two vendors who sold ghee
containing foreign fat were prosecuted and fined.
Five milks were adulterated with added water.
Four vendors were cautioned. Proceedings were
instituted against one vendor who sold milk
with 31 per cent added water. He was fined
Rs. 10.
Three vendors who sold coffee mixed with
chicory and another who sold a sample of butter
with a slight excess in moisture were cautioned.
Virudhunagar.— Fifteen samples were reported
as adulterated. Of these 7 related to milk which
contained added water. Two vendors were
cautioned and the rest were, on prosecution,
fined Rs. 15 each.
The vendors of two slightly adulterated tea
samples were cautioned.
Six gingelly oils were adulterated with ground
-nut oil in amounts varying up to 60 per cent.
Three vendors were cautioned. The remaining
three were prosecuted and fined.
Vizagapatam.— Seventy-five samples were
reported as adulterated. Seven ghees contained
foreign fat up to 50 per cent. Five vendors
were prosecuted and fined. Two cases are
pending.
Thirty-seven milks were adulterated with
added water up to 71 per cent. Three vendors
absconded. Two were cautioned. Action was
taken against 28 vendors. Two were acquitted
and the remaining were fined. Four cases are
pending.
Of the nine adulterated coffee powders six
contained chicory up to 70 per cent. One
contained 65 per cent of a preparation of an
unidentified starch. All the vendors were prose
-cuted. Three were acquitted and the remaining
six were fined. A fine of Rs. 10 was inflicted on
the vendor who sold coffee mixed with the
preparation of an unidentified starch.
One vendor who sold tea mixed with 25 per
cent blackgram husk was prosecuted and fined
Rs. 10.
Nineteen samples of gingelly oil were ad
u l t e r a t e d w i t h g r o u n d n u t o i l u p t o 1 0 0 p e r c e n t .
No action was taken in one case. The other
vendors were prosecuted and fined up to Rs. 20.
In one case when the vendor supplied the article,
he suspected that it was for official purposes and
informed the sampling officer that it was ground
- n u t o i l . A c c o r d i n g l y i t w a s p u r c h a s e d a s s u c h
and submitted for analysis. On examination it
was found to contain 40 per cent groundnut oil
and 60 per cent gingelly oil. On prosecution
the vendor was fined Rs. 8.
The vendor of a slightly adulterated sample of
butter was cautioned.