F.  & D.  No.  2854.
I. S. No. 11754-c.	
Issued January 25, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1244.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF CANDY.
On September 22, 1911, the United States Attoriiey for the District?
of Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed information in the District Court of the United States for said?
district against the Bradley-Smith Co., a corporation, New Haven,?
Conn., alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, on or about February 9, 1911, from the State of Connecticut into?
the State of Massachusetts of a quantity of candy which was adul??
terated. The product was labeled: " Walnut Yale Fudge, five cents.?
Chocolate. Guaranteed by The Bradley Smith Co., New Haven,?
Conn., under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906, Serial Number?
2628."
Analysis of a sample of said product made by the Bureau of Chem??
istry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed the?
following results:
Moisture  (per cent)?
?9.91
Nitrogen  (per cent)?
?.57
Coated on top with a resinous coating.
lodin number of resin (unpurifled)?
?20
Arsenious oxid   (parts per million?
?. 36
Arsenious oxid in resin coating (parts per million)?
?15
Test for gum benzoin?
Negative.
Test for rosin?
 Negative.
Microscopical examination:
But a small amount of the product of the coca bean present.    The
coating on this candy is apparently bleached shellac; the candy
contains but about 5 per cent of chocolate.
Adulteration was alleged for the reason that said product was?
coated with shellac containing arsenic, a poisonous substance dele??
terious and detrimental to health.
On September 26, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and?
was fined $37.50, without costs.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 8, 1911.
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