F. & D. No. 3059.
S. No. 1119.	
Issued October 24, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1733.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF CONFECTIONERY (JELLY BEANS).
During the month of October, 1911, the United States Attorney for?
the District of Minnesota, 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 44 pails, 40 pounds?
each, and 4 kegs of the aggregate weight of 613 pounds of jelly beans?
(confectionery) remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages?
and in possession of Butler Bros., a corporation, Minneapolis, Minn.,?
alleging that the product had been shipped on September 30, 1911,?
by the Farley Candy Co., Chicago, 111., and transported from the?
State of Illinois into the State of Minnesota, and charging adul??
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product?
was labeled: (On pails) "Jelly Beans Y 585?Butler Bros., Minne??
apolis, Minn. Vegetable Colors?40 pounds net. Guaranteed under?
the Food and Drugs Act. Serial No. 28798." (On kegs) " Jelly?
Beans Y 589?Vegetable Colors?Butler Bros., Minneapolis, Minn.?
114 D D."
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that the prod??
uct contained an ingredient deleterious and injurious to health, to?
wit, talc.
On March 11, 1912, the said Farley Candy Co., claimant, having?
entered its appearance and consented to a decree, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered and it was further ordered that,?
upon payment of all costs and the execution of bond in the sum of?
$100 by said claimant in conformity with section 10 of the Act, the?
product should be released and delivered to said claimant.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 12. 1912.
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