3290.?Adulteration and misbranding of sugar butter.     TJ. S. v. W. T. Bailey
et al.  (Marshalltown  Syrup  &  Sugar Co.).     Plea of guilty.     Fine,?
$10 and costs.     (P. & D. No. 3929.    I. S. No. 9725-d.)
On May 20, 1913, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Iowa, 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 Mar??
shalltown Syrup & Sugar Co., a partnership composed of W. T. Bailey, F. O.?
Bailey, and J. R. Bailey, Marshalltown, la., alleging shipment by said partner??
ship, on or about May 20, 1911, from the State of Iowa into the State of Illinois,?
of a quantity of sugar butter which was adulterated and misbranded. It was?
also alleged in the information that on or about August 1, 1911, the consignee,?
without changing the product in any particular, reshipped a portion of the?
same from the State of Illinois into the State of Kentucky.   The product was
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labeled: " Dickinson's Brand for cake frosting, filling and icing. It is de??
licious on hot cakes or biscuit. Also spread on bread and butter. A mixture?
of cane and maple sugar and a substitute used to produce inversion of cane?
sugar. If syrup rises to top, stir thoroughly. Cane & Maple Sugar Butter.?
Packed by the Marshalltown Syrup & Sugar Co. Marshalltown, la."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Moisture (per cent)?
    10.57
Total solids, by drying (per cent)?
    89.43
Sucrose, by Clerget  (per cent)?
    54.97
Sucrose, by copper (per cent)?
    55.13
Reducing sugars, as invert before inversion  (per cent)?
    28.59
Commercial glucose (factor 163)   (percent)?
      3.56
Polarization, direct,  at 31?   C.   (?V.)?
 +53.9
Polarization, invert, at 31? C. (?V.)?
?16.0
Polarization, invert, at 87? C.  (?V.)?
 + 5.8
Ash   (per cent)?
     0.86
Ash soluble in water (percent)?
     0.78
Ash Insoluble in water   (per cent)?
      0.08
Ratio of soluble to insoluble ash?
    10:1
Alkalinity of soluble ash (cc N/10 acid per 100 grams)?
    58.65
Alkalinity of insoluble ash (cc N/10 acid per 100 grams)?
    61.03
Lead precipitate  (Winton number)?
     0.66
Glucose (Boettger test) : Positive.?
Glucose (iodin test) : Negative.?
Test for citric acid: Negative.?
Test for tartaric acid: Negative.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
was labeled " Cane and maple sugar butter," and another substance, to wit,?
. " commercial glucose," had been substituted wholly or in part therefor. Mis??
branding was alleged for the reason that the following statement, to wit, " Cane?
and maple sugar butter," borne on the label thereof, was false and misleading?
because it would mislead and deceive the purchaser into the belief that the?
product was a sugar butter made wholly from cane and maple sugar, whereas,?
in truth and in fact, it contained commercial glucose, the statement "A mix??
ture of cane and maple sugar and a substitute used to produce inversion of?
cane sugar," which also appeared on the label in small and inconspicuous type,?
not being sufficient to correct the false impression created by the statement?
" Cane and maple sugar butter." Misbranding was alleged for the further?
reason that the product was labeled and branded so as to deceive and mislead?
the purchaser, being labeled " Cane and maple sugar butter," thereby purport??
ing that it was a sugar butter made from cane and maple sugar, when, as a?
matter of fact, it contained commercial glucose, the statement "A mixture of?
cane and maple sugar and a substitute used to produce inversion of cane sugar,"?
which also appeared on the label in small and inconspicuous type, not being?
sufficient to correct the false impression conveyed by the statement " Cane and?
maple sugar butter."
On November 25, 1913, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the defendant firm, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 8, 191Jf.
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
TJune, 1914.