F. & D. No. 1964.
I. S. No. 18237-b.	
Issued March 15, 1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 771, FOOD AND DEUGS ACT.
MISBEANDING OF OENEYA GIN.
On or about May 19, 1910, A. Blum Jr.'s Sons, a corporation, New?
York City, shipped from the State of New York into the State of?
Pennsylvania a consignment of gin labeled as follows: " Geneva?
Cross Gin. This superior liquor is especially recommended for me??
dicinal purposes. Genuine Gin. Also known as Geneva. Trade??
mark (design of cross) Eegist'd Or Aromatic Schnapps. Purity?
Guaranty. Serial No. 4786. " Geneva Cross Distillery. G. C. D." "?
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 showed that the prod??
uct was misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act?
of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the said A.?
Blum Jr.'s Sons, Incorporated, and th'e party from whom the sam??
ples were procured opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after?
hearings held that the 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 a criminal information was filed in the Circuit Court?
of the United States for the Southern District of New York against?
the said A. Blum Jr.'s Sons, Incorporated, charging the above ship??
ment and alleging that the product so shipped was misbranded in?
that the product bore false and misleading statements and was?
labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser in that said labels?
would indicate that the contents of said container was a foreign prod??
uct, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was of domestic origin; and in?
that the product contained a quantity of alcohol the exact amount of?
which was not declared on the label.
The defendant entered a plea of guilty to the above information?
and the court suspended sentence.
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, February 11, 1911.
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