. The new rule henceforth is to grant a 'pass'
certificate for unfortified lime-juice to last for fourteen days
only, at the end of which time another certificate must be
obtained. As this new regulation affects lime-juice in its
natural condition before rum or any other spirit is added to it,
only lime-juice manufacturers or importers are concerned in the
matter.... _With such rapidly deteriorating liquid as lime or
lemon juice the addition of the preservative spirit is a
necessity, hence the sooner it is fortified the better._ The
Revenue authorities permit duty-free spirit to be used for this
purpose, but in order that lime-juice manufacturers shall have
this advantage of not paying duty on the spirit used the Revenue
authorities insist on approval of the juice and its subsequent
fortification in bond under supervision of the Crown.... In
reference to the proportion of spirit used, previously the
regulation was expressed in a permissive sense, but now the
emphatic "must" is used. In the last Government Laboratory report
it was stated that 396 samples were examined, most of which were
lime-juice, representing nearly 50,000 gallons. Even the
fortified article is re-tested if more than three months old in
cask or two years old in bottle, and this re-testing resulted
last year in a condemnation of several hundred gallons owing to
deterioration during storage. This juice is principally for use
in the Mercantile Marine to combat scurvy."

From which it would appear that the use of _some_ kind of preservative
is essential with such a rapidly deteriorating liquid as lime or lemon
juice; and if not alcohol, there are innumerable chemical
preservatives available. We wish we could rely on receiving assurances
from other "Lime Juice" importers and manufacturers similar to that we
have received from Messrs Rowntree.

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HEALTH QUERIES.

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of general interest to health seekers and others._

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