NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2470.
(when pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U. S. v. Sethness Co.   Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100 and costs.
ADULTERATION OF CONCENTRATED PEACH FLAVOR, STRAWBERRY 
OIL,  PINEAPPLE   OIL,  AND  BANANA  OIL.
On January 26, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against the Sethness Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on April 13, 1910, from the State of Illinois 
into the State of Texas—¦
(1) Of a quantity of concentrated peach flavor which was adul- 
terated. The product was labeled: '* Peach Concentrated. Non- 
pareil Brand.   Sethness Company, Chicago."
Analysis of a sample of this product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Non-volatile 
matter (grams per 100 cc), 0.23; volatile acids as acetic (grams per 
100 cc), 0.12; volatile esters as ethyl acetate (grams per 100 cc), 
0.53; specific gravity (15.6° C./15.60 C), 0.9157; alcohol (per cent by 
volume calculated from specific gravity), 59.1; vanillin (grams per 
100 cc), 1.42; vanillin (qualitative test), present; color, Amaranth and 
Napthol Yellow S.; odor, ethereal, and unlike peach. Adulteration 
of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that a 
certain substance, to wit, an imitation peach extract, consisting of a 
dilute solution of alcohol and vanillin and a non-volatile matter 
colored with coal-tar dyes, which said substance, to wit, the imitation 
peach extract, had been substituted in whole for concentrated peach 
extract, and the product was an article inferior to the genuine con- 
centrated peach extract and was colored with coal-tar dyes known as 
Amaranth and Naphthol Yellow S in a manner whereby its 
inferiority was concealed.
(2) Of a quantity of strawberry oil which was adulterated. This 
product was labeled: " Strawberry Oil. Non-pareil Brand. Sethness 
Company, Chicago."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Non-volatile matter
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(grams per 100 cc), 0.60; volatile acids as acetic (grams per 100 cc), 
0.06; volatile esters as ethyl acetate (grams per 100 cc), 61.0; specific 
gravity (15.6° C./15.60 C), 0.8803; color, nonfiuorescent, oil and 
spirit soluble red; odor, strong ethereal, suggests ethyl acetate, and 
amyl acetate, entirely unlike strawberry. Adulteration of the product 
was alleged in the information for the reason that a liquid prepara- 
tion, to wit, an imitation strawberry oil, synthetically prepared, con- 
taining no strawberries and no oil of strawberries, had been substi- 
tuted wholly for the article of food, to wit, strawberry oil.
(3) Of a quantity of pineapple oil which was adulterated. This 
product was labeled: " Pineapple Oil. Non-pareil Brand. Sethness 
Company, Chicago."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Non-volatile matter 
(grams per 100 cc), 0.01; volatile acids as acetic (grams per 100 cc), 
0.03; volatile esters as ethyl acetate (grams per 100 cc), 61.4; specific 
gravity (15.6° C-/15.6° C), 0.8762; colorless; odor, strong ethereal, 
rather suffocating, suggests amyl acetate, entirely unlike pineapple. 
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that a liquid preparation, to wit, an imitation pineapple oil, 
synthetically prepared and containing no pineapples and no oil of 
pineapple, had been substituted wholly for the product, to wit, 
pineapple oil.
(4) Of a quantity of banana oil which was adulterated. This 
product was labeled: " Banana Oil. Non-pareil Brand. Sethness 
Company, Chicago."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Non-volatile matter 
(grams per 100 cc), 0.02; volatile acids as acetic (grams per 100 cc), 
0.54; volatile esters as ethyl acetate (grams per 100 cc), 47.4; specific 
gravity (15.6° C./15.6° C.), 0.8700; colorless; odor, strong ethereal, 
suggests amyl acetate and amyl alcohol. Adulteration of the product 
was alleged in the information for the reason that a liquid prepara- 
tion, to wit, an imitation banana oil, synthetically prepared and 
containing no bananas and no oil of bananas, had been wholly 
substituted for the article, to wit, banana oil.
On February 21, 1913, the defendant company withdrew its former 
plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty and the court imposed 
a fine of $100 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28,1913.
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