4313. Adulteration of caady. U. S. v. Novelty Candy Co., a corporation.?
Plea of gnilty. Fine, $10 and costs. (P. & D. No. 2884. I. S. No.?
2190-c.)
On January 26, 1912, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, 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?
Novelty Candy Co., a corporation, doing business at Chicago, 111., alleging ship??
ment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on April 7,?
1911, from the State of Illinois into the State of Minnesota, of a quantity of a?
confection, known as " Jelly Beans," which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that said product contained talc, clay, and calcium car??
bonate.
Adulteration was alleged in the information for the reason that the article?
of food, to wit, jelly beans, contained talc; and for the further reason that it?
contained a substance which was used as a coating for the jelly beans, and?
which said substance contained mineral substances known as talc, clay, and?
calcium carbonate.
On December 9, 1915, the defendant company withdrew its plea of not guilty?
theretofore entered and entered a plea of guilty to the information, and on?
December 10, 1915, the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
CAEL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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