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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST TO THE GOVT. OF MADRAS
APPENDIX.
PARTICULARS OF ADULTERATE D SAMPLES.
Madras City.— Three hundred and eighty
samples were certified as adulterated. Of these
205 related to ghee, which contained foreign fat
from 25 to 95 per cent. Five vendors abs
-conded. Action could not be taken in fourteen
cases. Prosecutions were launched in 186 cases.
Five cases were withdrawn. One vendor was
discharged and another acquitted. One hundred
and sixty-eight vendors were convicted and fined.
Eleven cases are still pending.
Fifty-eight samples of milk contained added
water between 6 and 55 per cent. Twelve
vendors were cautioned, and 46 others were
prosecuted. One vendor was acquitted and 42
were fined. Three cases are pending.
Thirty-five samples of coffee were adulterated
some with chicory and some with exhausted
coffee. No action was taken in eight cases as
the vendors had labelled their articles. Four
vendors were cautioned. On prosecution, the
remaining 23 vendors were convicted and fined.
Ten samples of tea were adulterated. Four
samples contained blackgram husk. Five
samples contained a proportion of sand and one
was a preparation of 100 per cent foreign leaf.
One vendor absconded and three others were
cautioned. The remaining six were prosecuted
and fined.
Seventeen butters contained excess water up to
45 per cent. Twelve vendors were cautioned
and the rest prosecuted and fined.
Fifty-three gingelly oils were adulterated with
groundnut oil in amounts varying from 10 to
100 per cent. Two were 100 per cent safflower
oil (Kusumba Ennai). One vendor was caution
-ed and two others absconded. No action was
taken in one case. Forty-eight vendors were,
on prosecution, convicted and fined. Three
cases are pending.
Calicut.—Seventeen samples were certified as
adulterated. Nine samples of ghee were adul
-terated with foreign fat. Six vendors were
prosecuted and fined from Rs.10 to 50.
Two samples of coffee powder were adulterated.
One prosecution was withdrawn and the other is
pending.
Five samples of tea were adulterated with
blackgram husk. No action was taken in two
cases and the remaining three vendors were
prosecuted. One vendor was fined Rs. 20. Two
other samples were taken from the same vendor
who was fined Rs. 5.
One sample of gingelly oil was adulterated
with 95 per cent groundnut oil. On prosecu
-tion, the vendor was fined Rs. 10.
Coimbatore.— Fifty-one samples were certified
as adulterated. Of these three related to ghee
which contained foreign fat. Two vendors were
not prosecuted as they had labelled their vessels.
Action was taken against the third who was
convicted and fined Rs. 6.
Thirty-four samples of milk were adulterated
with added water in amounts varying from 7 to
66 per cent, of which ten were machine-skimmed
milks with added water present. Four vendors
were cautioned. Twenty-eight vendors were
prosecuted and fined. In seven cases the fine
inflicted was Rs. 50. No action could be taken
in two cases.
Five coffee powders were adulterated. One
vendor died, one was cautioned and three others
were prosecuted and fined up to Rs. 30. In the
case of another sample when it was purchased,
the vendor suspected, that the sample was for
official purposes and stated that it was chicory.
Accordingly it was purchased as " chicory " and
on examination it was found to consist of 30 per
cent chicory, 30 per cent coffee and 40 per cent
of a preparation of wheat starch. On prose
- c u t i o n t h e o w n e r o f t h e s h o p w a s f i n e d R s . 7 5
and the servant Rs. 20. This was a second
conviction.
Two samples of tea were adulterated. One
vendor was cantioned as the sample contained a
small proportion of sand and the other vendor
was prosecuted and fined Rs. 25 for having sold
tea adulterated with 35 per cent blackgram
husk.
Five samples of gingelly oil were adulterated
with groundnut oil up to 70 per cent. All the
vendors were prosecuted and fined.
Guntür .—Forty-nine samples were certified as
adulterated. Sixteen milks contained added
water in amounts up to 88 per cent. One vendor
was cautioned and the others prosecuted and
fined.
Ten coffee powders were adulterated. Of these
three contained chicory, four contained exhausted
coffee and three others contained a preparation
of wheat starch. Nine vendors were prosecuted.
Eight have been fined. One case is pending.
Two samples of tea were adulterated. One
contained 30 per cent blackgram husk and the
other 35 per cent of a preparation of an un
-idenified husk. Both vendors were prosecuted
and fined.
Twenty-one samples of gingelly oil were found
to be adulterated with groundnut oil in amounts
varying up to 100 per cent. Eighteen vendors
were prosecuted and fined. One vendor abs
-conded. One case is pending.
Karaikkudi .—Twenty-six samples were certi
-fied as adulterated. One ghee was found to be
adulterated with foreign fat. The vendor abs
- c o n d e d a n d s o n o a c t i o n w a s t a k e n .
Eight milks were adulterated with added
water up to 60 per cent. All the vendors were
prosecuted, one was acquitted and the rest fined.
Sixteen coffee powders contained chicory up to
90 per cent. Two vendors were cantioned.
Action was not taken against two others as they
affixed declaratory labels. Eleven vendors were
prosecuted and fined. One case is pending.
One gingelly oil was adulterated with 65 per
cent groundnut oil, but action could not be
taken against the vendor as he died.
Kumbakonam.— Forty-four samples were adul
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contained foreign fat up to 75 per cent. Action
was taken against all the vendors who were
convicted and fined.