3424.?Adulteration and misbranding of cream.    TJ. S. v. Albert W. Ander?
son.    Plea of guilty.    Fine,  $20 and costs.     (F, & D.  No. 4970.     I.  S.?
No. 36883-e.)
On December 3, 1913, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against
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Albert W. Anderson, Swing, Mo., alleging shipment by said defendant in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 23, 1912, from the State of?
Missouri into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of cream which was adulterated?
and misbranded. The product was labeled: " To A. L. Brinkman, Quincy, 111.?
From A. W. Anderson, Ewing, Mo." (On slip of paper attached to can) " Bwing,?
Mo., July 23, 1912, A. L. Brinkman. We send you eight (8) gallons of cream?
today.   Will send again Friday or Thursday.   A. W. Anderson."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Fat by Rose-Gottlieb (per cent)?
L?15.44
Fat by Babcock (per cent)?
   16.5
Specific gravity at 60? F?
1.018
Formaldehyde: Negative.?
Oolor: Negative.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason?
that it was sold by said defendant under a contract with the purchaser as?
cream containing from 20 to 22 per cent of fat; and that cream, as the same is?
known and understood in the trade and by persons dealing in and using the?
same, contains not less than 18 per cent of milk fat; and that said product was?
adulterated in that milk containing approximately 16.5 per cent of butter fat,?
and a materially less quantity than 18 per cent, had been substituted wholly?
or in large part for the cream which said article purported to be; and, further,?
in that a substance, to wit, milk, had been substituted wholly or in large part for?
the genuine article, to wit, cream; and said product, when so shipped and?
transported, contained only about 16.5 per cent of butter fat and a materially?
less quantity than 18 per cent. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that?
the product was a mixture of cream and milk, and contained only about 16.5?
per cent of fat and a materially less quantity than 18 per cent of fat, and?
was an imitation of and was offered for sale under the distinctive name?
of another article, to wit, cream.
On May 25, 1914, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information?
and the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914-