I. S. No. 23378-A.
F. & D. No. 857.	
Issued June 27,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 393, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF OIL OF LEMON.
On or about April 26, 1909, Clayton F. Shoemaker and Miers?
Busch, trading under the firm name of Shoemaker & Busch, of Phila??
delphia, Pa.; shipped from the State of Pennsylvania to the District?
of Columbia a consignment of a product labeled "Oil Lemon (Oleum?
Limonis) Guaranteed under Food and Drugs Act June 30, 1906, No.?
2156. Distributed by Shoemaker & Busch, Philadelphia, Pa. One-?
half Pound." Samples of this product were procured and examined?
by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agricul??
ture, and as it appeared on the aforesaid examination that the?
product was misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded Shoemaker?
& Busch, and the dealer from whom the samples were procured,?
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 state??
ment 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 Eastern District of Pennsylvania?
charging the above shipment and alleging that the product was?
misbranded, in that each bottle was labeled to indicate that it con??
tained one-half pound, whereas, in fact, the weight of the contents?
of the said bottle was 12 per cent less than one-half pound, as stated?
on the label.
On March 17, 1910, the defendants entered a plea of non vult con??
tendere and the court imposed a fine of $25.
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, May 23, 1910.
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