4434.  Adulteration and amisferandini?  o? cognac.     U.  S.    *    *    *   v.  Eugene?
Pai-isels Co., a  corporation.     Plea  of guilty.     Pine,  $50 and  costs,
(F. & D. No. 6383.    I. S. No. M27-h.)
On June 30, 1915^ the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the?
Eugene Parisek Co., a corporation, Chicago, III., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food. and Drugs Act, on or about December S,?
1913, from the State of Illinois into the State of Texas, of a quantity of cognac,?
which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled: " E. P. Co.?
Trade Mark Jas. Hennessy & Co. Cognac ^Compounded with pure grain?
distillates Guaranteed under the National Pure Food and Drugs Act, June?
30, 1906. Serial No. 8835 by Eugene Parisek Co., Chicago. Imported in wood?
from France." (Crescent-shaped sticker with three stars in gilt on neck of?
bottle.)
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:
Specific gravity at 15.6? C?:?
    0.9436
Alcohol (per cent-by volume)?'?
45.40
Methyl alcohol: Absent.
Proof   (degrees)?
90. 80
Solids, by drying (gram per 100 cc)__?
?    0. 42
Ash  (gram per 100 cc)?
    0.009
Acids, total, as acetic?
 17. 2
Esters, as acetic?
22. 2
Furfural?
_   0.2
Aldehydes, as acetic?
   2.2
Color  (degrees Lovibond in J-inch cell)?
   8
Color insoluble in amyl alcohol (per cent)?
Fusel oil (Allen & Marquardt method)?
Paraldehyde test: Negative.?
Coal-tar dye: None.?
Product consists largely of neutral spirits.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a product consisting of neutral spirits had been substituted, wholly or in?
part, for cognac brandy, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the representation of three?
stars on the neck label and the statement " Jas. Hennessy & Co. Cognac," ap??
pearing in prominent type on the principal label aforesaid, which was not cor??
rected by the statement "Compounded with pure grain distillates," in incon??
spicuous type immediately thereafter, and the further statement appearing on?
the principal label "Imported in wood from France," were false and mislead??
ing in that they indicated to the purchasers thereof that the said article was?
genuine cognac brandy and was imported from the Cognac district, Republic?
of France, and deceived and misled the purchasers thereof into the belief that?
it was genuine cognac brandy and was imported from the Cognac district, Re??
public of France, when, in truth and in fact, it was not genuine cognac brandy?
and had not been imported from the Cognac district, Republic of France, but?
was an imitation product of domestic origin and was manufactured in the city?
of Chicago, State of Illinois.    Misbranding was alleged for the further reason
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that the article was an imitation cognac brandy, consisting, in whole or in part,?
of neutral spirits, and was sold under the distinctive name of another article,?
to wit, cognac brandy.
On October 22, 1915, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and on December 10, 1915, the court imposed a fine of $50 and?
costs.
OAEL VKOOMAN, Actmg Secretary of Agriculture.
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