5975.  Adulteration and misbranding of brandy cognac type.     U. S.    *    *    *
v.  FleiBenwiann-Olarke   Co.,  a  corporation.    Plea  of guilty.     Fine,
S100.     (P. & D. No. 8325.    I. S. No. 22250-m.)
On November S, 1917, 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 
the Fleischmann-Clarke Co., a corporation, doing business at San Francisco, 
Gal., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about January 2, 1917, from the State of California into the State 
of Nevada, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Brandy Cognac Type," 
which was adulterated and misbranded.
Analysis of a sample I the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results, expressed, unless otherwise stated, 
as grams per 100 liters, 100 proof alcohol :
Proof at 60° F. (degrees) 
87.6
Solids 
175.3
Acids, as acetic 
9. 6
Furfural: None.
Esters, as ethyl acetate 
16.1
Aldehydes, as acetic 
5. 0
Fusel oil 
15.1
Color  (degrees, Lovibond, 0.5 inch cell) 
7.5
Color insoluble in amyl alcohol (per cent) 
50
Caramel: Present.
Residue on distillation: Clear, slight odor of wood.
Product consists wholly or in part of neutral spirits colored with 
caramel. 
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
neutral spirits had been substituted in whole or in part for brandy, cognac 
type, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to 
wit, " Brandy Cognac Type," borne on the barrel containing the article regard- 
ing it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and 
misleading in that it represented that the article was brandy, cognac type, 
and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive 
and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was brandy, cognac type, 
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a mixture composed in whole 
or in part of neutral spirits.
On December 30, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to 
the information, and on December 31, 1917, the court imposed a fine of $100
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.