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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST TO GOVERNMENT
Below are given particulars of the adulterated samples with the action taken
by the municipality in each case :—
Number.
Nature.
Municipality.
Adulteration.
Action taken.
3
Ghee . . .
Vizagapatam . . .
20 per cent foreign fat . . .
Prosecuted and fined Rs. 20.
4
Do. . . .
Coimbatore . . .
49
do. . . .
Do.
Rs. 5.
2
Do. . . .
Trichinopoly . . .
95
do. . . .
Do.
Rs. 10.
2
Milk . . .
Ootacamund . . .
55 per cent added water . . .
No action.
4
Do. . . .
Vizagapatam . . .
58
do. . . .
Prosecuted and fined Rs. 2.
5
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
8
do. . . .
Prosecuted and acquitted.
8
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
41
do. . . .
Prosecuted and fined Rs. 2.
10
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
61
do. . . .
Do.
11
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
42
do. . . .
Do.
17
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
65
do. . . .
Do.
18
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
34
do. . . .
Do.
19
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
31
do. . . .
Do.
101
Do. . . .
Trichinopoly . . .
13
do. . . .
Vendor cautioned.
401
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
41
do. . . .
Do.
301
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
16 per cent deficient of fat.
Do.
302
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
43
do.
Do.
203
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
7 per cent added water . . .
Do.
C-4
Do. . . .
Guntūr . . .
62
do. . . .
Do.
C-10
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
58
do. . . .
Do.
C-11
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
29
do. . . .
Do.
C-12
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
60
do. . . .
Do.
12
Do. . . .
Coimbatore . . .
25 per cent added water and
95 per cent deficient of fat.
Do.
14
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
62 per cent added water . . .
Do.
12
Coffee . . .
Ootacamund . . .
40 per cent chicory . . .
No action.
I should like to call attention to the fact that some of the municipalities
concerned have considered a caution sufficient in all cases. I would suggest that
where there is a possibility of the adulteration being due to carelessness, e.g., a
deficiency of milk fat, where no added water is present, may be due to careless
mixing—or where there is a possibility of a genuine mistake having occurred, a
caution may frequently be the best method of dealing with an offender. But in
cases where there is gross adulteration I suggest that legal proceedings should
always be taken. One municipality has explained the fact that no prosecutions
were undertaken as,that " people were not sufficiently acquainted with the intro
- d u c t i o n o f t h e A c t . " I n V i z a g a p a t a m p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e b e e n t a k e n i n e v e r y c a s e
and the small fines inflicted show that magistrates can be trusted to deal with
this aspect of cases brought before them.
Miscellaneous samples. —These samples are made up of samples submitted for
contract purposes and samples sent for checking by Government hospitals,
dispensaries and other institutions. The samples consisted of—
Drugs.
Number
received.
Number
adulterated.
Percentage
adulterated.
Quinine mixture . . .
76
27
35
Potassium iodide mixture . . .
58
25
43
Sodium salicylate mixture . . .
9
3
33
Bismuth mixture . . .
6
2
33
Miscellaneous drugs and prescriptions . . .
18
4
22
Total . . .
167
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Foods.
Number
received.
Number
adulterated.
Percentage
adulterated.
Bread . . .
81
29
35
Coffee . . .
24
. . .
. . .
Ghee . . .
15
. . .
. . .
Milk . . .
14
2
14
Butter . . .
9
3
33
Condensed milk . . .
5
. . .
. . .
Sugar . . .
12
. . .
. . .
Total. . .
160
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