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I AM a grocer in a small way in a country place, so that I retail almost all that comes under the name of food; and I am very desirous that all should be unadulterated and worth its price, as far as a fair profit will allow. But how am I to ensure this, even supposing I possessed the requisite knowledge and appliances? Time would be wanting to carry out a systematic analysis, and the ordinary “rule of thumb” tests are not a match for the increasing cleverness of “manufacturing chemists.” It only remains to send samples to some known food analyst; but here the expense becomes a barrier, when the dealings dependent on it are on a small scale. Is there (or, if not, ought there not to be?) some Government functionary to whom samples could be sent for testing, at a charge to just cover necessary expenses? After reading a very sad article on “Artificial Milk,” in your paper of Dec. 15, I feel emboldened to ask whether, either of yourself or through any of your readers, you could assist me to render practical a feeling I am sure you must sympathise with. For obvious reasons, I ask you to receive in strict confidence the name and address I have given to show the genuine nature of my application.
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GROCER Wanted, a Government Analyst. Nature 5, 225 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005225c0
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