3780. Adulteration and misbranding of so-called cognac type brandy. U. S. v. 5 Cases of?
* * *? Cognac Type Brandy. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product ordered released on bond.   (F. & D. No. 6092.   I. S. No. 1676-k.   S.No. E-162.)
On November 12, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 5 cases con??
taining a product purporting to be cognac type brandy, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the product had been?
shipped by Charles Spiegel & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., and transported from the?
State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration and?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel because substances, to wit,?
neutral spirits, had been mixed and packed with said article in such a manner as to?
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength. Misbranding was?
alleged for the reason that said food upon said packages and labels thereof bore certain?
statements, designs, and devices regarding the ingredients and substances contained?
in said food, that is to say, the following words, "F. Bremon and Co. C. S. and Co.?
type F. Bremon and Cie. brand Cognac Type," and three stars prominently displayed?
thereon, which statements, designs, and devices were false and misleading, because?
they would lead the purchaser to believe that said food consisted of cognac type?
brandy, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did not consist of cognac type brandy.
On January 25, 1915, the said Charles Spiegel & Co., Inc., claimant, having con??
sented to a decree and agreed to pay the costs of the proceedings, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be delivered and surrendered to said claimant upon the execution of bond?
in the sum of $100, in conformity with Bection 10 of the act.
D. P. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 26, 1915,
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