3586. Adulteration of extract of Glycyrrhiza.   U. S. v. MacAndrews & Forbes
Co.    Plea  of guilty.    Defendant  placed on  probation  for  2  years.
(F. D. C. No. 30119.    Sample No. 81757-K.)
INFORMATION FILED :   April 26,1951, District of New Jersey, against MacAndrews
& Forbes Co;, a corporation, Camden, N. J.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about October 13,1950, from the State of New Jersey
into the State of Tennessee.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (a) (2), the article had been
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami-
nated with filth.
The information alleged also that the defendent had shipped in interstate
commerce a quantity of licorice paste which was adulterated under the
provisions of the law applicable to foods, as reported in notices of judgment
on foods, No. 17552.
DISPOSITION : July 11, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court
placed the defendant on probation for 2 years on the count charging adulter-
ation of the OlycyrrMsa. (The defendant was fined $250 on the count
charging adulteration of licorice paste.)