2925. Adulteration and misbranding of beer.   U. S. v. Monumental Brewing Co.   Plea of?
juilty.   Fine, *15.   (F. & D. No. 4568.   I. S. No. 18462-d.)
On July 13, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district an information against the Monumental Brewing Co., a corpo??
ration, Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, on March 4, 1912, from the State of Maryland into the State of Georgia,?
of a quantity of beer which was adulterated and misbranded. The product was?
labeled: (On each retail bottle) "Special Export Extra Pale Beer Brewed from the?
very best malt and hops."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Specific gravity?
1. 01461
Alcohol (per cent by volume)?
T?        4. 56
Extract (per cent by weight)?
       5. 50
Extract original wort (per cent by weight)?
      12. 80
Degree fermentation?
      57. 03
Volatile acid as acetic (grams per 100 cc)?
      0. 007
Total acid as lactic (grams per 100 cc)?
      0.180
Maltose (per cent)?
       1.75
Dextrin (per cent)?
       2. 68
Ash (per cent)?
        0.17
Proteid (per cent)?
      0. 377
P205 (per cent)?
      0. 055
Undetermined (per cent)?
       0. 52
Polarimeter, undiluted (?V.)?
    +40. 6
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it?
was stated on the labels of the bottles containing the same, "Brewed from the very?
best malt and hops," whereas grains other than malt and hops had been substituted?
in part for said malt and hops. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the labels?
on each of the bottles containing the beer bore the statement that the beer was brewed?
from the very best malt and hops, which said statement was false and misleading in?
that the beer was not brewed solely from malt and hops but, in truth and in fact, grains?
other than malt and hops had been substituted for said malt. Misbranding was?
alleged for the further reason that the product was labeled and branded so as to deceive?
and mislead the purchaser, being labeled, "Special Export Extra Pale Beer Brewed
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from the very best malt and hops," whereas, in truth and in fact, the beer was not?
brewed solely from malt and hops, but, on the contrary, grains other than malt and?
hops had been substituted for said malt.
On October 13, 1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the infor??
mation and the court imposed a fine of $15.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 18, 1914.