NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2697.
(fiiyen pursnant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
V. S. v.  Thirty Cases  of  Cheese.   Decree  of condemnation and  forfeiture.
Product released on bond.
MISBRANDING OF CHEESE.
On December 31,1908, the United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 30 cases each containing 
two dozen small-sized jars of cheese remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages in possession of the Macaroon Imperial Cheese 
Co. (Ltd.), Chicago, Ill., alleging that the product had been shipped 
by the declared Imperial Cheese Co. (Ltd.), Detroit, Mich., on De- 
cember 3, 5, and 11, 1908, and transported from the State of Michi- 
gan into the State of Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: (On cases) 
" Two dozen small jars Machines Rocquefort Cheese." The jars 
were labeled " Macaroons Rocquefort." Between these words was 
the picture of a goat, and below the word w' Rocquefort" appeared 
the following in very small type: " Manufactured and blended in the 
United States."
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that it contained a label which would lead the purchaser to believe 
that said product consisted of pure Rocquefort cheese imported from 
Rocquefort, France, and made wholly from goat's milk, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, analysis of a sample of said product showed that 
it did not consist of pure imported Rocquefort cheese, that it was not 
made in France, and that it did not have the character or properties 
of Rocquefort cheese.
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On March 23, 1909. said MacLaren Imperial Cheese Co., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations in the libel and the court being fully 
advised in the premises and having heard the arguments of counsel, 
a decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was or- 
dered that the product should be surrendered to said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceeding, amounting to $15.30, and the 
execution of bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 
of the Act.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 4-, 1913.
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