NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2195.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF MALT SACCHARINE.
On November 4, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District 
of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an 
information against the Ferris-Noeth-Stern Co., a corporation, Balti- 
more, Md., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on March 13, 1911, from the State of Maryland 
into the State of Georgia of a quantity of malt saccharine which was 
adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled: (On drum) 
"Malt Saccharine, Ferris-Noeth-Stern Company, Baltimore, Md., Sole 
Manufacturers. 5." (On tag) "Jacob Kraft, Savannah, Ga., from 
Ferris-Noeth-Stern Company, Bakers' and Confectioners' Supplies, 
219 West Pratt St., and 218 Dover St., Baltimore, Md."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Ash, 1.62 per cent; 
sucrose (Clerget), 2.90 per cent; polarization direct at 23.5° C., +15.8 
°V.; polarization invert at 23.5° C., + 12.0 °V.; polarization invert 
at 87° C., + 13.6 °V.; reducing sugars as invert, 5.63 per cent; 
protein (N x 6.25), 13.62 per cent; saccharine, none; starch, 
63.42 per cent; diastatic power, 1 gram = 5.3 grams of maltose 
(C^H^On + HUGO). Adulteration of the product was alleged in the 
information for the reason that a certain substance, to wit, ordinary 
ground malt, had been mixed and packed with it so as to lower, 
reduce, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and, further, 
in that a certain substance, to wit, ordinary ground malt, had been 
substituted for the product. Misbranding was alleged for the reason 
that the label on the product bore a statement in substance and to 
the effect that it was malt saccharine, which statement was false and 
misleading in that the product was not malt saccharine but was ordi- 
nary ground malt. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason 
that the product was labeled and branded so as to deceive and mis-
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lead the purchaser, as malt saccharine, whereas, in truth and in fact, 
it was not malt saccharine, but was ordinary ground malt.
On November 4, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of 
nolo contendere to the information and the court imposed a fine of $20.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 10, 1913.
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