B\ & D. No. 1031
I. S. No. 25530-a.	
Issued April ?, 1&10.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 248, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF TURPENTINE.
On or about February 6, 1909, the Heekin Spice Company, of Cin??
cinnati, Ohio, shipped from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Shelbyville, Ind., a?
consignment of a drug labeled " Heekin's Turpentine." Samples?
from this shipment were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of?
Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and as the find??
ings of the analyst and report thereon indicated that the product was?
adulterated and misbranded within the meaning of the Food and?
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded?
the Heekin Spice Company and the dealer from whom the sample?
was purchased opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after?
hearings held that the said shipment was made in violation of the?
act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney?
General, with a statement of the evidence on which to base a prose??
cution.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the District?
Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio, charg??
ing that the product was shipped as above stated, and was adulter??
ated in that it was sold under a name recognized in the United States?
Pharmacopoeia and differed from the standard of strength, quality,?
and purity as determined by the test laid down therein, and was mis-?
branded, in that it was labeled " Heekin's Turpentine," which state??
ment was false and misleading, in that it tended to lead the pur??
chaser to believe that he was procuring an article of the standard?
strength, whereas, in fact, this product was below the standard as?
determined by the United States Pharmacopoeia. On February 10,?
1910, the said defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court im??
posed a fine of $5.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 28, 1910.
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