F. & D. No. 685.
I. S. No. 15088-a.	
Issued June 28,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 413, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF APRICOT BRANDY.
On or about November 13, 1908, the F. Chevalier Company, a cor??
poration, San Francisco, Cal., shipped from said State of California to?
the State of Nevada a quantity of alleged apricot brandy. Samples?
from this shipment were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of?
Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and as the?
findings of the analyst and report made indicated that the product?
was misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of?
June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the F. Chevalier?
Company, and the party from whom the samples were procured,?
opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after hearings held that?
the shipment was made in violation of the act, the Secretary of Agri??
culture reported the facts to the Attorney General, with a statement?
of the evidence on which to base a prosecution. In due course an in??
dictment was brought in the District Court of the United States for?
the Northern District of California by the grand jurors of the said?
district charging the said shipment and that the product was mis-?
branded within the meaning of said act, because it was labeled?
" Apricot Brandy," when, as a matter of fact, the product was not?
apricot brandy, but an artificial mixture or compound containing no?
apricot whatever.
On November 23, 1909, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and?
the next day the court imposed a fine of $100.
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 28,1910.
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