F. & D. No. 495.
I. S. No. 3495.	
Issued May 20, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 288, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF BLACK PEPPER.
On or about March. 4, 1907, and May 17, 1907, respectively, the?
Calumet Tea & Coffee Company, Chicago, 111., shipped from the State?
of Illinois to the State of Montana consignments of a food product?
known as "Black Pepper." Samples from these shipments were?
procured and analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States?
Department of Agriculture, and as it appeared from the findings of?
the analyst and report made thereon that the product was adulter??
ated and misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act?
of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the Calumet?
Tea & Coffee Company, and the dealers from whom samples were?
purchased, opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after hearings?
held that the said shipments were made in violation of the act, the?
Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney General,?
with a statement of the evidence upon which to base a prosecution.?
In due course a criminal information was filed in the District Court of?
the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, charging the?
above shipments and alleging that the product was adulterated?
within the meaning of the act, in that there had been mixed and?
packed with it, in a manner to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect?
its quality and strength, a wheat product, capsicum, and fruit shells,?
and said substances had been substituted in part for the genuine food?
product; and was misbranded, in that it was labeled "Spices, Pepper,?
Calumet Tea & Coffee Co., Chicago," which statement was false and?
misleading, in that the product was not pepper, but was, in fact, a?
mixture of ground black pepper and wheat, capsicum, and fruit?
shells.
To this information the defendant filed a demurrer, and, subse??
quently, on December 31, 1909, entered a plea of guilty, and the?
court imposed upon it a fine of $50.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMBS WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 14,1910.
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