F. & D. No. 1400.
I. S. No. 12297-b.	
Issued December 22,  1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 700, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF PEACH PRESERTES.
On or about December 1, 1909, the St. Louis Syrup and Preserving?
Company, St. Louis, Mo., shipped from the State of Missouri to the?
State of Texas a quantity of food product labeled " Tiger Brand?
Preserves. Peaches. St. Louis Syrup & Preserving Co., St. Louis."?
Samples of this product were procured and analyzed by the Bureau?
of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and as the?
findings of the analyst and the 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 St. Louis Syrup and?
Preserving Company and the party from whom the samples were?
purchased were afforded 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 At??
torney-General, with a statement of the evidence upon which to base?
a prosecution.
In due course a criminal information was fi.le'd in the District Court?
of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri against the?
said St. Louis Syrup and Preserving Company, charging the above?
shipment and alleging that the product so shipped was adulterated,?
in that it contained 20.37 per cent of glucose and in that said glucose?
had been mixed and packed with the product so as to reduce, lower,?
and injuriously affect its quality, and in that said glucose had been?
substituted in part for the article described in the above label; and?
alleging the product to be misbranded, in that the label above set forth?
was false and misleading and such as to mislead and deceive the pur??
chaser into supposing he was buying pure preserved peaches, when in?
truth and in fact the product was adulterated with glucose.
On October 8, 1910, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the?
above information and the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
WILLIS L. MOORE,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 9, 1910.?
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