2980.?Adulteration and misbranding of cocoa.   U. S. v. J. G. McDonald Chocolate Co.  Plea
of guilty.   Fine, $10 and costs.   (F. & D. No. 4830.   I. S. No.2781-d.)
On February 3, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 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 J. G. McDonald Chocolate Co., a cor??
poration, Salt Lake, Utah, alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 16, 1911, from the State of Utah into the?
State of Wyoming, of a quantity of cocoa, in cans, which was adulterated and mis-?
branded.   The product was labeled: "McDonald Salt Lake Cocoa   J. G. McDonald
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[March,
Company, Salt Lake Utah, U. S. A. The Best Cocoa in The World. Celebrated for?
its Strength, Nutritive Qualities, Perfect Digestibility, Delicate Flavor, Absolute?
Purity, and being Soluble. Better and Cheaper than Tea or Coffee. The most?
renowned Physicians in the world recommend Cocoa for both Sick and Well.?
McDonald's Cocoa is a Pure Food, capable of being perfectly assimilated, giving?
Strength to the Strong and Nourishment to the Weak. McDonald's Cocoa Quality is?
equal to the quality of his famous Chocolates."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Moisture (per cent)?
?2.60
Cocoa fat (per cent)?
?31.76
Sucrose and lactose: None detected.
Ash (per cent)?
?8. 00
Water-soluble ash (per cent)?
?6. 58
Water-insoluble ash (per cent)?
?1.42
Hydrochloric acid insoluble ash (per cent)?
?0. 06
Alkalinity of soluble ash (cc N/10 acid per gram)?
?6.05
Alkalinity of insoluble ash (cc N/10 acid per gram)?
?4. 25
Nitrogen (per cent)?
?2. 60
Crude fiber (per cent)?
?4.41
Microscopic examination: Nothing abnormal noted.
Total ash (calculated on basis of water and fat-free substance) (per cent)??12.18
Alkalinity of ash (calculated on above basis) (cc N/10 acid per gram sample,
equivalent to 7.38 per cent K20)?
?15. 70
Soluble ash in total ash (per cent)?
?82. 20
Insoluble ash in total ash (per cent)?
?17. 80
Adulteration and misbranding of the product were alleged in the information for?
the reason that in each of the cans a substance other than cocoa, to wit, a mineral sub"?
stance, had been substituted in part for cocoa, and said label hereinbefore set forth?
was false and misleading in that it conveyed, and was intended by the defendant to?
convey, the impression that the contents of the cans was pure cocoa, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, a substance other than cocoa, to wit, a mineral substance, had been sub??
stituted in part for cocoa.
On February 10, 1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty .to the infor??
mation, and the court imposed a fine of $10 with costs of $12.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 30, 1914.