Examination of trade samples of fruit and vegetable products.

FOLLOWING THE ENFORCEMENT OF the Fruit Products Order of the Government of India in 1948, 375 samples of fruit and vegetable products were received for examination and report at the former Indian Institute of Fruit Technology, Delhi, during the period June 1948-January 1950. The results of microbiological examination of the samples are reported here with a view to appraise the industry of the types of spoilage usually encountered and to suggest measures for preventing spoilage.