F. & D. No. 505.
I. S. No. 3385.	
Issued October 11, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 591, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF MAPLE SYRUP.
On or about June 21, 1907, W. B. Glafke Company, a corporation,?
Portland, Oreg., shipped from the State of Oregon into the State of?
Washington a consignment of a food product labeled "Towle's Log?
Cabin Maple Syrup." 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 thereon?
indicated that the product was adulterated and misbranded within?
the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the said?
W. B. Glafke Company and the party from whom the samples were?
procured were afforded 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-?
General, with a statement of the evidence upon which to base a prose??
cution.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the District Court?
of the United States for the District of Oregon against the said W. B.?
Glafke Company, charging the above shipment and alleging that the?
product so shipped was adulterated, in that a quantity of cane-sugar?
syrup had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and in??
juriously affect the quality and strength of the article and thereby?
substitute cane sugar in part for maple syrup, and alleging that the?
product was misbranded in that the label above set forth was false and?
misleading and calculated to and would deceive and mislead intending?
purchasers of said syrup.
On June 18, 1909, the defendant appeared by W. B. Glafke, its?
president, and entered a plea of guilty to the above information,?
whereupon the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculturg,
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