F. &. D. No. 3057.
S. No. 1118	
Issued July 13,  1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE  OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1506.
(GiTen pursuant to section i of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF CONFECTIONERY.
On or about October 21, 1911, the United States Attorney for the?
Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary?
of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for?
said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 25 cases of?
confectionery, each containing approximately 25 pounds of candy,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in posses??
sion of the Kroeger, Amos, James Grocer Co. (Inc.), St. Louis, Mo.,?
alleging that the product had been transported from the State of?
Indiana into the State of Missouri, date of shipment not shown, in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Each case was labeled:?
" Dilling's Dutch Hay Candy," and also bore shipping tags with?
the names and addresses of the consignees and consignors.
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department?
showed the following results: Kesins present on upper surface in?
relatively large amounts. Coating from 210 grams examined for?
-arsenic. This coating weighed 12 grams and contained by the?
Gutzeit test 0.025 milligram arsenic as arsenious oxide. Adulteration?
was alleged in the libel for the reason that the product was coated?
wTith shellac that contained arsenic, thereby rendering it injurious,?
deleterious, and detrimental to health.
On January 8, 1912, the claimant herein, Dilling & Co., making?
no further appearance in this cause and electing to stand on the plea?
in abatement heretofore filed by them, which plea was denied and?
demurrer thereto sustained by the court, to which ruling of the court?
claimant is allowed an exception as of that date, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered and it was decreed that tht?
product be destroyed and that the costs of the proceeding be paid by
Dilling & Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, April ?9,1912.
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