The Adulteration Act
(PHB UNITED PBEBB ASSOCIATION.) . Dunbdin, This Day. ' Out of fifteen samples of milk, taken by the police under the Adulteration Act, Professor Black certifies that seven were exceptionally good, seven wore inferior, the cream having been removed ; and one sample had either not been strained or contained much very foul matter, . . . '• ! Of the Alcoholic liquors submitted to Professor Black, rum was.. from 10 to 50 per cent, under proof, sherry was found to contain a large quantity of sulphate of potash, but. not enough. to necessitate ' its removal from the market ; in port wine nothing injurious was- found, though in one case it .could not be called port ;wine, but a mixture of port wine, sugar water, and carbonic acid; whiskies showed nothing worse than water, and brandies were found to have had tannin used for colouring, bat not la an injurious quai tity.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 8, 28 June 1884, Page 3
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147The Adulteration Act Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 8, 28 June 1884, Page 3
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