3857. Adulteration of lard.   U. S. v. Jacob Varoxioff.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $10.   (F. & D.
No.269-c.)
On November 15, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, act??
ing upon a report by the health officer of said District, authorized by the Secretary?
of Agriculture, filed in the police court of the District aforesaid an information against?
Jacob Varonoff, Washington, D. C, alleging the sale by said defendant, on September?
15 and 17
 1914, at the District aforesaid, and in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, of quantities of lard which was adulterated.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that?
[an]other substance[s], to wit, cottonseed oil and beef stearin, had been substituted in?
part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that a valuable?
constituent of the article, to wit, hog fat, had been left out and abstracted in whole?
and in part.
On November 15, 1914, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11, 1915.
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