P. & D. No. 2595.
S. No. 923.	
Issued May 15, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1365.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTEKATION OF GELATINE.
On April 14, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Indiana, acting upon a report of the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for the said district a libel?
praying condemnation and forfeiture of five barrels of Shred Gelatine?
in the possession of Bessire & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. The product?
was labeled: "Bessire Shred Gelatine Mfrd for Bessire & Co., In??
dianapolis, Ind."
Chemical analysis and bacteriological examination of a sample of?
said product made by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States?
Department of Agriculture showed the following results: Chemical?
analysis: Ash, 1.79 per cent; gelatinizing power of a 5 per cent solu??
tion at room temperature, negative; odor and reaction of a 5 per cent?
solution exposed to the air for two days at room temperature, bad,?
reaction alkaline; bacteriological examination: (B. coli isolated) ;?
organisms per gram developing on: Plain agar at 25? C, 70,000,000;?
plain agar at 25? C, 91,000,000; plain agar at 25? C, 48,000,000; gas-?
producing organisms, 1,000,000. The libel alleged that the product,?
after transportation from the State of New York into the State of?
Indiana, remained in the original unbroken packages and was adul??
terated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906,?
because it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid animal substance, which rendered it unfit for food, and was?
therefore liable to seizure for confiscation.
On June 7,1911, the case coming on for hearing, and no one having?
appeared as claimant or filed answer, the court found the product?
adulterated as alleged in the libel and entered a decree condemning?
and forfeiting it to the United States and ordering its destruction by?
the marshal.
JAMES "WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 30, 1912.
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