F. & B. No. 975.
I. S. No. 18974-a.	
Issued October 13,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 603, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF MAPLE SYRUP.
On or about April 22, 1909, Charles W. Sherman, Rupert, Vt.,?
shipped from the State of Vermont to the State of Massachusetts a?
consignment of a food product labeled "Genuine Vermont Maple?
Syrup, made and guaranteed by Daniel Wood, West Rupert, Vt.?
We unconditionally guarantee the purity of our product." Samples?
of this shipment were procured 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 and misbranded within the meaning of?
the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agricul??
ture afforded said Charles W. Sherman and the parties from whom?
the samples were procured 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?
prosecution.
In due course an indictment was brought by the grand jurors of?
the United States in and for the District of Vermont at the February?
term of the District Court of the United States for said district against?
the said Charles W. Sherman, charging the above shipment and?
alleging that the product so shipped was adulterated, in that there?
had been mixed and packed with said maple syrup a large quantity?
of water, to wit, 5? per cent, in addition to the quantity of water?
which was a proper constituent of said maple syrup, whereby the?
strength of said maple syrup was then and there greatly reduced,?
lowered, and injuriously affected, and in that water had been sub??
stituted for said maple syrup to the amount of 5? per cent more than?
is contained in pure maple syrup, and alleging the product to be
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misbranded in that the label above set forth guaranteed the purity?
of said maple syrup when in truth and in fact the product in question?
was not pure maple syrup but a product adulterated as above set?
forth.
On April 12, 1910, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the?
above information and the court imposed a fine of $50.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 10, 1910.
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