F. & D. No. 1117 and No. 1118.
I. S. No. 2905-b, and No. 2996-b, and 3000-b.	
Issued May 23, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 299, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF ICE.
On or about July 7, and August 10, 1909, respectively, the Ameri??
can Ice Co., engaged in business in Washington, D. C, sold and?
offered for sale quantities of an article of food known as ice. Sam??
ples of this product were collected and analyzed by the Bureau of?
Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and as it?
appeared from the findings of the analyst and report thereon that?
the product was adulterated within the meaning of the Food and?
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded?
the American Ice Co. an opportunity to be heard. As it appeared?
after the hearing that the said sales had been 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?
against the said American Ice Co., and Samuel A. Kimberly, local?
manager and agent of the said company, in the Police Court of the?
District of Columbia, charging the above sales and alleging that the?
product was adulterated, in that it contained an added poisonous and?
deleterious ingredient and consisted wholly or in part of a filthy,?
decomposed and putrid animal and vegetable substance.
On March 25, 1910, the American Ice Co. entered a plea of guilty,?
and the court imposed upon it a fine of $150.
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, April 14, 1910.
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