4955.   Misbranding'    of   beer.     TJ.    S.    *    *    *    v.    John    Konenadel.     Plea    of
gnilty.    Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No. 7243.    I. S. No. 4810-k.)
On April 28, 1916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district an information?
against John Hohenadel, Philadelphia, Pa., alleging shipment by said defend??
ant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 27, 1915, from?
the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey, of a quantity of?
beer, which was misbranded. The article was labeled: (On main label)?
" Hohen-Adel Crowned with Success (Design of Barley and Malt) Approved?
JH Endorsed Health Beer Approved, Recommended and Endorsed by U. S.?
Health Bulletin for Absolute Purity, Free from Adulterations and Sanitary?
and Hygienic Methods of Brewing and Handling John Hohenadel, Falls Brew??
ery, Philadelphia, Pa."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement (borne on the label), to wit, "Approved, Recommended and En??
dorsed By U. S. Health Bulletin For Absolute Purity, Free From Adultera??
tions,'' was false and misleading in that it falsely represented that the article?
had been approved, recommended, and indorsed by the United States Govern??
ment, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to?
deceive and mislead the purchasers into the belief that it had been approved,?
recommended, and indorsed by the United States Government, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, it had not. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the?
article was in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly?
and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof.
On June 12, 1916, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $100.
CABL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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