NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1406.
(Given pnrgnant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF CEANBERRY JAM.
On January 24, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed information in the District Court of the United States 
for said district against the Pioneer Preserving Co., a corporation, 
alleging shipment.by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on 
or about March 12,1910, from the State of Missouri into the State of 
Kansas, of a quantity of cranberry jam which was misbranded. The 
product was labeled: " Ozark Brand Compound Cranberry Jam, 
Corn Syrup Apple Juice, Sugar and Phosphate, Made by the Pioneer 
Preserving Co., Kansas City, Mo."
Analysis of a sample of said product, made by the Bureau of 
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, showed 
the product to contain benzoic acid, a large amount of glucose, and 
very few cranberries. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that 
the label conveys an impression that the product is a compound cran- 
berry jam, when in fact the product consisted of glucose, benzoate of 
soda, and a small, immaterial, and insignificant amount of cranber- 
ries, to wit, 22 cranberries to the pound of the product. The label 
was therefore false and misleading and calculated to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser.
On December 4, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined 
$25 and costs.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 13,1912.
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