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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST TO THE GOVT. OF MADRAS
Eighteen milks were adulterated with varying
amounts of added water up to 51 per cent. One
vendor was cautioned and the rest were prose-
cuted and fined. Two samples were taken from
the same vendor.
Six coffee powders contained chicory. All the
vendors were prosecuted and fined.
Four gingelly oils were adulterated with
groundnut oil up to 100 per cent. Three
vendors were, on prosecution, fined. Proceedings
were not taken against the fourth.
Madura .—Forty-eight samples were certified
as adulterated. Five samples of ghee contained
foreign fat up to 90 per cent. All the vendors
were prosecuted and fined.
Four milks were adulterated. One milk was
deficient in fat to the extent of 53 per cent.
Three others contained added water. All the
four vendors were prosecuted. One was fined
Rs. 5 and the others Rs. 10 each.
Twenty-six coffee powders contained chicory in
varying amounts. Two vendors absconded.
Action was taken against fifteen who were con
-victed and fined.
Eleven teas were heavily adulterated con
-taining from 70 to 100 per cent of a preparation
of foreign leaf and seed. All the vendors were
prosecuted and fined.
Two gingelly oils contained groundnut oil.
Both the vendors were fined.
Mangalore .—One hundred and eight samples
were certified as adulterated. The vendor of one
ghee which was adulterated with 55 per cent
foreign fat was fined Rs. 20 on prosecution.
Ninety-four milks were adulterated with added
water up to 69 per cent. Twelve vendors were
cautioned as the adulterations were slight and
the rest prosecuted. The fines ranged up to
Rs. 10.
Thirteen butters contained excess water up
to 55 per cent. Three of them contained foreign
fat in addition to excess water. All the vendors
were prosecuted. Twelve were fined. One
vendor, who said that he could not pay the fine,
was sentenced to 2 months rigorous imprison
-ment.
Mettupalaiyam .—Seventeen samples were
certified as adulterated. One sample of ghee
contained 20 per cent foreign fat but proceedings
were not taken against the vendor as he
absconded.
Eleven milks were adulterated with added
water varying up to 61 per cent. Five vendors
were cautioned and six prosecuted. The fines
ranged from Rs. 12 to 20.
One coffee powder was adulterated with 70
per cent chicory but as it was labelled no action
was taken.
Four gingelly oils, all heavily adulterated,
contained groundnut oil from 55 to 100 per cent.
One vendor absconded and the remaining three
were prosecuted and fined Rs. 30, 30 and 35
respectively.
Nellore .—Forty samples were reported as
adulterated. Of these eleven consisted of ghee
which contained foreign fat varying up to 80
per cent. All the vendors were prosecuted and
fined. Four samples were taken, two from each
vendor.
Twelve samples of milk were adulterated
with added water. All the vendors were prose-
cuted. Nine were fined. Three cases are
pending.
Ten coffee powdersw e r e a d u l t e r a t e d . O n e
contained 85 per cent of a preparation of wheat
starch, two others exhausted coffee and the rest
chicory. On prosecution the vendor who sold
the first-mentioned article was fined Rs. 15.
Another vendor who sold the two samples of
exhausted coffee was acquitted on appeal. The
remaining six were convicted and fined up to
Rs. 20.
Six gingelly oils contained groundnut oil. All
the vendors were prosecuted and fined.
Ootacamund .—Ninety samples were reported
as adulterated. Of these 53 were milks with
added water in amounts varying up to 74 per
cent. Five of them were also machine-skimmed
milks. Four vendors absconded. Four others
were cautioned and no action was taken in one
case. Forty-four prosecutions were launched,
one was withdrawn and the remaining vendors
were fined up to Rs. 50, the last mentioned fine
being inflicted on a vendor who sold machine-
skimmed milk with 48 per cent added water.
Two coffee powders contained chicory. One
vendor was cautioned and the other fined.
Six teas were adulterated with blackgram
husk. Three vendors were acquitted, the case
against one was withdrawn, and two others were
fined by the Magistrate with a remark that
action should be taken against the whole-salers.
Twenty-eight gingelly oils were adulterated
with groundnut oil up to 100 per cent. No
action was taken in two cases. One vendor
was acquitted and the remaining 25 vendors
were prosecuted and fined up to Rs. 50.
Proddatur. —Five samples of ghee were adul
-terated. Two contained 80 per cent and the
other two 100 per cent foreign fat. The new
rules were not in operation when these samples
were taken and no action was taken following
an adverse decision in the High Court in a
prosecution taken under the old rules. One
vendor who sold ghee with 25 per cent foreign
fat was prosecuted and fined.
Rajahmundry .—Thirty- five samples were
reported as adulterated of which 14 were ghee,
which contained foreign fat up to 90 per cent.
Two vendors were cautioned, one vendor abs
-conded and the case against a fourth was with-
drawn. The remaining ten vendors were
prosecuted. Two of them were fined Rs. 30 and
the rest Rs. 15 each.
Seven milks were adulterated with added
water in amounts varying up to 73 per cent.
Prosecution was launched against all the
vendors. One case was withdrawn, the re-
mai ni ni g si x vendors were fi ned.
Seven coffee powders were adulterated. Three
contained chicory and the other four were
heavily adulterated with a preparation of wheat
starch. All the vendors were prosecuted. Four
cases were withdrawn. Of the remaining three,
one vendor who sold coffee with 40 per cent
chicory was fined Rs.15 and two others who
sold coffee mixed with 95 per cent of a prepara
-tion of wheat starch were fined Rs. 20 each.
Of the two adulterated teas one vendor was
cautioned and the other who sold tea with 60
per cent blackgram husk was prosecuted and
fined Rs. 20.
Five gingelly oils were heavily adulterated
with groundnut oil. Two vendors were prose
-cuted and fined. The rest were cautioned.