F. & D. No. 2249.
I. S. No. 2756-c.	
Issued July 13,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 920, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF JAMAICA GINGER COMPOUND.
On or about July 26, 1910, Her & Co., a corporation, Omaha,?
Nebr., shipped from the State of Nebraska into the Territory of?
New Mexico a quantity of a food product labeled: "Compound of?
Jamaica Ginger and Grain Distillates (Guarantee Legend) Serial No.?
5313. Ginger Compound with Grain Distillates. Proof 100."?
Samples from this shipment were procured and analyzed by the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and?
the product was found to contain capsicum. As the findings of the?
analyst and report thereon indicated that the product was adulter??
ated within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906,?
the said Her & Co. and the party from whom the samples were pro??
cured were afforded opportunities for hearings. As it appeared?
after hearings held that the above 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.
On March 7, 1911, a criminal information was filed in the District?
Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska against the?
said Her & Co. charging the above shipment and alleging that the?
product so shipped was adulterated because a certain substance,?
capsicum, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and?
injuriously affect the quality of the article, said capsicum having?
been substituted wholly or in part for the article Jamaica ginger.
On March 13, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the?
above information, whereupon the court imposed a fine of $25 and?
costs.
This notice is given pursuant section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act
of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26, 1911.
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