NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2338.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF MAPLE HEARTS.
At a stated term of the District Court of the United States for the 
Eastern District of New York, begun and held at Brooklyn, N. Y., 
on March 6, 1912, the grand jurors of the United States within and 
for said district, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, returned an indictment against Eigney & Co., a corporation, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on March 30, 1910, from the State of New 
York into the State of West Virginia of a quantity of candy called 
" Maple Hearts " which was adulterated and misbranded. The prod- 
uct was labeled: "4 lbs. Net Maple Hearts (Trade Mark K. and C). 
Guaranteed by Rigney & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., under the Food and 
Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906, Serial No. 2383."
An analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Total ash, 0.094 
per cent; direct polarization, -j-107.3° V.; invert polarization, 
+7.0° V.; lead number, 0.85. Adulteration of the product was 
charged in the indictment for the reason that a substance, to wit, a 
mixture of glucose and sucrose, had been substituted wholly or in 
part for the genuine product known as maple hearts. Misbranding 
was charged for the reason that the label on the product bore state- 
ments, designs, and devices regarding it which were false and mis- 
leading, in that the words "Maple Hearts" represented and pur- 
ported that the product consisted essentially of maple product, 
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was a mixture of glucose and sucrose 
containing very little, if any, maple product. Misbranding was 
charged for the further reason that the product was labeled and 
branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, in that the words 
"Maple Hearts" represented and purported that the product con- 
sisted essentially of maple product, whereas, in truth and in fact, it 
was a mixture of glucose and sucrose containing very little, if any, 
maple product.
On December 4, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of 
guilty to the indictment and the court imposed a fine of $25.
W.  M.  HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3, 1913.
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