4G62. Adulteration and misbranding of cake flavor. U.S. * * * v. M. Getas?
& Co., a corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $20O. (F. & D. No. 7056.?
I. S. No. 23217-h.)
On February .25, 1916, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
M. . Getz & Co., a corporation, San Francisco, Cal., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 30, 1914,?
from the State of California into the State of Washington, of a quantity of?
cake flavor which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled:?
" The contents of this can Guaranteed Only The Purest of Spices Ground?
from the Finest Raw Material Obtainable Full Weight Cake Flavor. To be?
used instead of Mace Ground and Packed by M. Getz & Co. Inc. San Fran??
cisco, Cal."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Moisture (per cent)?
    9.54
Total ether extract (per cent)?
:?    9.70
Volatile ether extract (per cent)?
    0.60
Nonvolatile
 ether extract (percent)?
    9.10
Starch (acid hydrolysis)  (per cent)_?
62.05
Protein (NX6.25) /per cent)?:?
    8.42
Ash (percent)?
    0.82
Color: Turmeric.
Tests for Bombay mace: Negative.
Microscopical examination.?Large amount of.corn starch (con??
siderable portion in aggregates), nutmeg tissue, and turmeric.?
Adulteration tof the article was alleged in the information for the -reason?
that a cereal product containing starch had been mixed and packed therewith,?
so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and?
for the further reason that a cereal product containing starch had been sub??
stituted in part for pure spices, which the article purported to be,  and for?
the further reason that the article was an inferior product, consisting prin??
cipally of a cereal product containing starch, and was colored with, to wit,?
' turmeric, in a manner whereby its inferiority to pure spices was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the following statement re??
garding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, ap??
pearing on the label aforesaid, to wit, " The Contents of this can Guaranteed?
Only The Purest of Spices * * * Ground from the Finest Raw Material?
Obtainable," was false and misleading in that it indicated
 to purchasers?
thereof that the article consisted wholly of the purest ground spices, and for?
the further reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive?
and mislead purchasers thereof into the belief that it consisted wholly of the?
purest ground spices, when, in truth and in fact, it did not, but did- consist?
of, to wit, principally a cereal product containing starch, artificially colored.?
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article consisted prin??
cipally of a cereal product containing starch, artificially colored, and was an?
imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another?
article, to wit, ground spices.
On March 10, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of ?200.
CARL yitooifAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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