F. & D. No. 2822.
I. S. No. 2679-c.	
Issued May 13, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1326.
(Qlren pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF KETCHUP.
On October 11, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District?
of New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed information in the District Court of the United States for said?
district against A. C. Soper & Co., a corporation, Farmingdale, N. J.,?
alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on?
or about December 1 and 12, 1910, of a quantity of catsup which was?
adulterated. The product was labeled: (On barrel) " Boston, Mass.,?
American Grocery, A. C. Soper Company, 53 Gals, Pilgrim Brand?
Ketchup, made from tomato pulp, vegetable flavors, 1/5 of benzoate?
of soda, New York."
Examination of a sample of said product made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed?
the product to contain yeasts and spores 95 per one-sixtieth cmm.,?
bacteria 140,000,00,0 per cc, and mold filaments in 75 per cent of the?
fields. Adulteration was alleged for the reason that the product con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal?
or vegetable substance.
On October 30, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of non vult and?
sentence was suspended by the court.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 85, 1912.
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