3337. Adulteration and misbranding- of Jamaica, ginger. V. S. v. "Victor?
Gautier & Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, ?15. (F. & D. No. 4218.v I. S.?
No.  14895-d.
At the March, 1914, term of the District Court of the United States for the?
Southern District of New York, the United States attorney for said district,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed an information?
against Victor Gautier & Co., a corporation, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment?
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on September 14,?
1911, from the State of New York into the State of Tennessee, of a quantity of?
Jamaica ginger which was adulterated and misbranded. The product was?
labeled: " Ginger. Superfine Jamaica-type-Ginger drops compound. These?
goods are carefully compounded and prepared under the most modern and?
improved methods and are guaranteed by Victor Gautier & Co. Inc. New York,?
under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906.   Serial No. 8115."
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BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY.	
[July, 1914.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Specific gravity, 20?C./4?C?
0.9593
Alcohol (per cent by volume)?
     33.3
Methyl alcohol: Absent.
Coal tar color: Absent.
Ginger (Seeker) : Positive.
Capsicum  (La Wall & Nelson) : Positive.
Solids  (per cent)?
     0.40
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a dilute solution of ginger and capsicum had been mixed and packed with?
said article so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and?
strength; and further, for the reason that another substance, to wit, a dilute?
solution of ginger and capsicum had been substituted in part for the said?
article. Misbranding of the product was alleged for the reason that the words?
" Ginger" and Superfine Jamaica Ginger," on the label thereof, regarding?
said article and the ingredients and substances, were false and misleading in?
that the said words would indicate that the said article was Jamaica ginger,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, the said article was not Jamaica ginger, but was?
a dilute solution of ginger containing capsicum.
On April 13, 1914, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $15.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 15, 1914.