F. & D. No. 2008.
I. S. No. 433-c.	
Issued January 25, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1230.
(CUTOH pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Brags Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT.
On March 3, 1911, the grand jurors of the United States within?
and for the Northern District of California, acting upon a report by?
the Secretary of Agriculture, returned an indictment to the District?
Court of the United States for said district, against the Eosenblatt?
Co. (Inc.), alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, on or about August 13, 1909, from the State of California?
into the State of Texas, of a consignment of essence of peppermint?
which was adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled:?
(Neck label) "Peppermint Felix Collatin Brand." (Main label)?
" Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30,1906. Essence?
of Peppermint. The Rosenblatt Co. Producers. San Francisco,?
Calif."
Analysis of a sample of said product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of the United States Department of Agriculture showed the follow??
ing results:
Specific gravity, 15.6? C?
   0.9537
Alcohol (per cent by volume)?
38. 82
Oil of peppermint   (by precipitation)?
     None.
Coal-tar color?
Absent.
Adulteration was charged in said indictment for the reason that a?
preparation containing little or no oil of peppermint had been mixed?
and packed with the product so as to reduce or lower or injuriously?
affect its quality and strength and had been substituted wholly or in?
part therefor. Misbranding was charged in said indictment because?
the statements on the label represented said product to be a true ex??
tract of peppermint, when in fact it contained little or no oil of?
peppermint, and the said representations were therefore false and?
misleading and calculated to mislead and deceive the purchaser.
On September 25, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and
was fined $100.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C., December ?, 1911,
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