4049. Adulteration of shellac.  TJ. S. v. Edwin A. Rogers (E. A. Rogers & Co.).  Plea of nolo?
contendere; information placed on file.   (F. & D. No. 3564.   I. S. No. 19146-c.)
On June 15, 1912, 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 an information against Edwin A. Rogers, doing busi??
ness under the firm name and style of E. A. Rogers & Co., Boston, Mass., alleging?
shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on April 27,1911,?
from the State of Massachusetts into the State of Tennessee, of a quantity of food, to?
wit, shellac, which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department
showed the following results:
(?30. 2Arsenic as As203 (parts per million)?\?40. 0
I?40.1
Average of three determinations (parts per million)?
    36.8
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that it?
contained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which?
rendered said food injurious to health.
On June 8, 1915, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the information?
and the same was placed on file on motion of the United States attorney.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 5, 1915.
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