4384.   Adulteration   and   misbranding;   of   so-called   cognac   brandy   type.?
U. S.    *    *    *   v. Erie Distilling- Co., a corporation.    Plea of guilty.
Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No.  6076.    I. S.. No. 2650-e.)
On March 3, 1915, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
New York, 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 Brie Distilling Co., a corporation, Buffalo, N. Y., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 18, 1912,?
from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of?
" Cognac Brandy Type," which was adulterated and misbranded. The article?
was labeled: (On bottle) "Chateau Brand Cognac Brandy Type. Guaranteed?
under the National Food and Drugs Act, June 30th 1906 Erie Distilling Co.?
Buffalo, N. Y."    (Neck label)   "Chateau"    (Device: 3 stars)   "Cognac."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results, expressed as parts per 100,000 of?
100? proof alcohol, unless otherwise stated:
Proof   (degrees)?
?87.4
Solids?
?596. 6
Acids, as acetic?
?28.4
Esters,   as  acetic?:?
?22.1
Aldehyde, as acetic?
?5. 0
Furfural?
?0. 5
Color (degrees, Lovibond, i inch cell, to 100? proof)??8.0
Color insoluble in amyl alcohol (per cent)?
?53. 0
Fusel oil (Allen & Marquardt method)?
?28.3
Product consists of neutral spirits and brandy.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that an imitation brandy of domestic origin, consisting largely of neutral?
spirits, had been substituted wholly or in part for cognac brandy type, which?
the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Cognac," borne?
on the neck of the bottle, and the statement " Cognac Brandy Type," borne on?
the label attached to the body of the bottle, were false and misleading in that?
they purported and represented that the article was a foreign product, to?
wit, a brandy made in the Cognac district of France and a brandy of cognac?
type, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was an imitation brandy,?
consisting largely of neutral spirits, manufactured in the United States of?
America. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article?
was labeled " Cognac " and " Cognac Brandy Type," so as to deceive and mis??
lead purchasers into the belief that it was a brandy produced in the Cognac?
district of France, and was a brandy of cognac type, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, it was not, but was an imitation brandy, consisting largely of neutral?
spirits, manufactured in the United States of America.
On July 14, 1915, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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