4516.  Adulteration, and misbranding- of Burgundy.    U. S. v. "Victor ?asaraa?
et   al.    (Vietory   Ca?a^za   and   Bro.).    Plea,   ?f   guilty.     Fine,   $25.
(F. & D. No. 6674.    I. S. No. 2712-k.)
On March 20, 1816, the United States attorney for the Southern 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?
Victor Casazza and Louis Casazza, trading as Victor Casazza and Bro., New?
York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Pood and?
Drugs Act, on December 26, 1914, from the State of New York into the State?
of Massachusetts, of a quantity of Burgundy, which was adulterated and mis-?
branded. The article was labeled, in part: (On one end of barrel) " V. Casazza?
& Bro. Barbara 190 192 Prince St. New York." (Other end of barrel) " Bur??
gundy Gals, 52."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed it to be a low-grade claret type of wine, and that it was not?
Burgundy wine or wine of the Burgundy type.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
an inferior wine of the claret type had been substituted, in whole or in part,?
for wine of the Burgundy type, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the following statement regard??
ing the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, appearing?
on the label aforesaid, to wit, " Burgundy," was false and misleading in that?
it indicated to purchasers thereof that the article consisted of wine of the?
Burgundy type, and was such as to deceive and mislead purchasers into the?
belief that it consisted of wine of the Burgundy type, when, in truth and in fact,?
it did not, but did consist of, to wit, an inferior wine of the claret type. Mis??
branding was alleged for the further reason that the article was an inferior?
wine of the claret type and was offered for sale under the distinctive name?
of another article, to wit, wine of the Burgundy type.
On March 24, 1916, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant?
firm, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
CAUL VKOOMAN", Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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