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STATE HEALTH BOARD
Makes Report in Quarterly Bulletin
on Food Matters.


The quarterly bulletin has just been
issued by the Vermont state board of
health:
During the quarter which ended
August 81 food and drug analysis at
the state laboratory of hygiene were
made as follows: Foods, 100 samples,
of which IA were legal, IS adulterated,
IA misbranded. Drugs, 81 samples of
which 60 were legal, IA addlterated,
II misbranded. Milk, POS samples of
which 1876 were above standard, AZ
being standard.
The larger part OF these samples
were collected by the food and drug
health officers and some submitted.
In all cases notices of the result of
the analyses were sent to the parties
from whom they were purchased. To
those selling adulterated or mis-
branded articles, warning notices were
sent These dealers have in all cases
thus far investigated and discontinue
ed the sale of Illegal goods.
No cases of dirty milk have yet
been prosecuted but all second often
ses have been reported to the states
attorney Of that county. In Rutland
county the states attorney called a
meeting of milkmen and explained to
them the course which he should pur-
sue If they again sold dirty milk with
the result that the milk since analy-
zed from that county has been clean.
Special attention is called to the
standard for ice cream which is as
follows.
lice cream is a frozen product
made from cream and sugar, with or
without pure gelatine and a natural
flavoring and contains not less than
IA per cent of milk fat.
Fruit ice cream is a frozen prod
uct made from cream and sugar and
sound, clean, mature fruits, with or
without pure gelatine and. contains
not less than II per cent OF milk fat.
S-Nut ice cream is a frozen pro-
duct made from cream and sugar and
sound, non-rancid nuts, with or with
out pure gelatine, and contains not
less than IL per cent of milk fat.
1t is aus seen that pure gelatine
is the only "stiffening" which can leg
ally be used, a fact which does not
seem to be generality known to ice
cream manufacturers.
Examinations Of liquor from secre-
tary of state from May to September
l, 1908:
Conform to U. S. p. standard, 81;
do not conform to U. S. p. standard,
b; no standard, q total, 9S.
Examination of liquors submitted
by license commissioners from Nav l
to September /. 1903:
Conform to U. s. p. standard, 10;
do not conform to U. S. p. standard.
/; no standard 5; total 80.
Specimens examined from April /,
1908:
Water, S42; Typhoid: Positive SO;
negative, 235; total 2S5.
Diphtheria: Positive PSI; negative,
637; suspicious, 70; total. $50.
tuberculosis: Positive, male SO; fe-
male, SIS; sex not stated, 10; total,
ia.
Negative: male, 2O2; female, 26O;
sex not stated Is; total 400.
Miscellaneous, 1873; malarial, mega
tive, II.
OF seven brands of alcoholic liquor
four We're found to be adulterated.
A large number of cough syrups are
branded as bearing misleading state
ments," while in regard TO others it
is stated that amount of chloroform
and alcohol is not stated" A consid-
cradle number of drugs were found
to be below the standard while one
sample of limewater was found to
contain no lime and several samples
of lemon extract little or no lemon.
A number of headache pills and pow
ders are "misbranded' and some of
them contain acetanilid.