Lab Manual for Adulteration Analysis

Because of the recent agitation of the pure food question throughout the developing world, health officers, food safety officers, teachers and students linked with this profession are constantly called upon to test the purity of various foods. And this usually involves nothing more than making simple qualitative tests for adulterants. Adulteration is a great menace to the public health and economic loss as well.It is an endeavor to bring together in one small book the best and simplest qualitative tests for all the common food adulterants. It contains a brief statement of the adulterants likely to be found and the reason for their use. It will be especially valuable to the teachers in furnishing excellent supplementary work in qualitative analysis. But it is hoped that it will find its greatest usefulness in contributing something toward the great pure food reform.It is incredible to make due mention of all the sources from which these various tests have been collected, but where possible, the author¿s name has been associated with the test.