3396.?Adulteration  of cream.    U.  S. v.  Chas.  G.   Geisbert.    Plea  of guilty.
Fine, $10.     (P. & D. No. 234-c.)
On May 22, 1914, 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 said District an informa??
tion against Chas. G. Geisbert, Buckeystown, Md., alleging shipment by said?
defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on April 24 and 25, 1914,?
from the State of Maryland into the District of Columbia, of quantities of?
cream which was adulterated.
Adulteration was alleged in the information for the reason that a valuable?
constituent of the article of food, to wit, butter fat, was left out and ab??
stracted in whole and in part.
On May 22, 1914, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914.