11232.?Adulteration   of  cider.     IT.   S.  v.   Samuel  Farber.     Collateral   of  $25
forfeited.     (F.   &   D.   No.   682-c.)
On December 5, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the health officer of said District, filed in the Police?
Court of the District aforesaid an information against Samuel Farber, Wash-
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ington, D. C, alleging/that on November 2 and 5, 1921, respectively, the said?
defendant did offer for sale and sell in the District of Columbia, in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act, quantities of cider which was adulterated.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it contained an added ingredient, to wit, benzoate of soda, which lowered and?
reduced its standard of quality.
On December 5, 1921, the defendant having failed to enter an appearance,?
the $25 collateral which had been deposited by him to insure his appearance?
was declared forfeited by the court.
G. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.