NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2739.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U.  S.  v.  Magnus,  Maybee  etc  Reynard.   Plea  of  guilty.   Fine,  $50.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF OIL OF LEMON.
On July 6, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for said district 
an information against Magnus, Mabee & Reynard, a corporation, 
New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company, in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on September 10, 1910, from the State 
of New York into the State of North Carolina, of a quantity of oil 
of lemon which was adulterated and misbranded. The product was 
labeled: " Sicilian Brand Oil Lemon. Super hand Pressed. Mes- 
sina Essential Oil Co. Messina, Italy. Magnus, Mabee & Eeynard 
Inc.    New York.    9-10-10."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Specific gravity, 
0.8567; rotation of original oil, 57.53; rotation of first 10 per cent 
distillate, 53.60; refruitive index of original oil, 1.4736; refruitive 
index of first 10 per cent distillate, 1.4712; refruitive index of 10 
per cent residue, 1.4900; total aldehydes as citral, 7.6 per cent; citral, 
7.3 per cent; alcohol (per cent by volume), 0.44. Adulteration of the 
product was alleged in the information for the reason that certain 
substances other than oil of lemon, to wit, among others, ethyl alco- 
hol, had been mixed with the article so as to reduce, lower, and 
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and also certain substances 
other than oil of lemon, to wit, among others, ethyl alcohol, had been 
substituted in part for the article. Misbranding was alleged for 
the reason that the product was labeled as set forth above so as to
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deceive or mislead the purchaser or purchasers thereof, in that the 
package, container, and label thereof bore a statement regarding such 
article and the ingredients and substances contained therein which 
was false and misleading, in that said label stated it was super hand 
pressed oil lemon, whereas in fact it was not super hand pressed oil 
lemon but was an adulterated and mixed product consisting in part 
of ethyl alcohol and other substances foreign to oil of lemon, and in 
that said article was an imitation of and offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of another article, to wit, oil of lemon, whereas in 
fact it was not that article but was as last hereinbefore described, 
and otherwise differed from super hand pressed oil lemon.
On May 22, 1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty 
to the information and on May 23, 1913, the court imposed a fine 
of $50.
C. F. MARVIN, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. G, October 13, 1913.
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