NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2757.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U. S. v. Samuel A. Richardson.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $10.
ADULTERATION   AND   MISBRANDING   OF   DILUTE   HYDROCHLORIC
ACID.
On June 18, 1913, the United States Attorney for the District of 
Columbia, acting upon a report by the Health Officer of said District, 
authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Police Court 
of the District aforesaid an information against Samuel A. Richard- 
son, Washington, D. C, alleging the sale by said defendant, on 
March 10, 1913, at the District aforesaid, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, of a quantity of dilute hydrochloric acid which was 
adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled: "Dilute 
Hydrochloric Acid."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that it was offered for sale and sold under and by a name, 
to wit, dilute hydrochloric acid, which said name was recognized in 
the United States Pharmacopoeia official at the time of investigation, 
and said drug differed from the standard of strength and purity as 
determined by the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia official at 
the time of investigation. Misbranding was alleged for the reason 
that the product was labeled so as to mislead and deceive the pur- 
chaser thereof, in that the label bore the words and phrase "Dilute 
Hydrochloric Acid," meaning and importing to the purchaser thereof 
that said product was a dilute hydrochloric acid conforming to the 
standard set forth in the United States Pharmacopoeia, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, it was not a dilute hydrochloric acid conforming 
to the standard set forth in said Pharmacopoeia.
On June 18, 1913, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $10.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 22, 1918.
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