F. & D. No. 1259.
I. S. Nos. 12705-b, 12706-b, and 12707-b.	
Issued August 13,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 476, POOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF JAM.
On or about October 15, 1909, the St. Louis Syrup and Preserving?
Company, St. Louis, Mo., shipped from the State of Missouri to the?
District of Columbia a consignment of three varieties of "Clymer's?
Brand Jam," to wit, quince, cherry, and strawberry. Samples from?
this shipment were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of Chem??
istry, United States Department of Agriculture, and as the findings?
of the analyst and report thereon indicated that the products were?
misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June?
30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the St. Louis Syrup?
and Preserving Company, and the dealer from whom the samples?
were purchased, opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after?
hearings held that said shipment was made in violation of the act,?
the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney-Gen??
eral, with a statement of the evidence upon which to base a prosecu??
tion.
In due course a criminal information, containing three counts, was?
filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis??
trict of Missouri charging the above shipment and alleging (count 1)?
that the quince jam therein contained was misbranded because the?
label thereon represented it to contain 30 per cent of granulated sugar?
and 8 per cent corn syrup, when, as a matter of fact, it contained?
59.14 per cent corn syrup (glucose) and only 2.17 per cent sugar;?
alleging (count 2) that the cherry jam above referred to was mis??
branded because the label thereon represented it to contain 30 per?
cent granulated sugar and 8 per cent corn syrup, when, as a matter?
of fact, it contained 29.94 per cent corn syrup (glucose) and only 2.79?
per cent sugar; and alleging (count 3) that the strawberry jam above?
referred to was misbranded because the label thereon represented it?
to contain 30 per cent granulated sugar and 8 per cent corn syrup,?
when, as a matter of fact, it contained approximately 39.27 per cent?
corn syrup (glucose) and only 1.39 per cent sugar; that all three varie??
ties of jam above referred to contained phosphoric acid in addition
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to the substances named on the labels thereof; and that in view of?
the foregoing the labels on the products were false and misleading and?
tended to deceive the purchaser.
On May 4, 1910, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to each?
count of the information and the court imposed a fine of $10 on each?
count.
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, June 25, 1910.
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