3930. Misbranding of salad dressing.   V. S. v. The Horton-Cato Mfg. Co.   Plea of guilty.?
Fine, $50.   (F. & D. No. 5387.   I. S. No. 4866-e.)
On April 28, 1914, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district an information against the Horton-Cato Manufacturing?
Co., a corporation, Detroit, Mich., alleging shipment by said company, in 'violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 1, 1912, from the State of Michigan into?
the State of Missouri, of a quantity of salad dressing which was misbranded. The?
product "was labeled: (Neck label) "Keep in refrigerator or cool place." (Blown in?
bottle) "Royal Salad dressing. The Horton-Cato Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich." (On?
four sides of carton) "One gallon Royal Salad Dressing, Manufactured only by The?
Horton-Cato Mfg. Co. Detroit, Mich., Windsor, Can."
Examination of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed the following results:
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that the?
statement "One gallon," borne on the label of the bottles containing the articles of?
food, was false and misleading because it misled and deceived the purchaser into the?
belief that the bottles contained 1 gallon of the article, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
the bottles did not contain 1 gallon of the article, but contained a less amount. Mis??
branding was alleged for the further reason that the article was labeled and branded?
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, being labeled and branded "One gallon,"?
thereby conveying the impression that the bottles contained 1 gallon of the article,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, the bottles did not contain 1 gallon of the article, but?
contained a less amount.
On January 6, 1915, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
CARL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June SO, 1915.
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