12725. Adulteration   and   misbranding1   of   molasses.     U.   S.   v.   "William   H.
Burns and William J. Campbell (Atlantic Syrnp Refining Co.). 
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $25. (F. & D. No. 18736. I. S. Nos. 
937-v, 956-v, 957-v,  11008-v.)
On August 6, 1924, 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 William H. Burns and William J. Campbell, copartners, trading as 
the Atlantic Syrup Refining Co., Philadelphia, Pa., alleging shipment by 
said defendants, in violation of the food and drugs act, in various con- 
signments, namely, on or about March 29, October 20, October 23, and No- 
vember 28, 1923, respectively, from the State of Pennsylvania into the State 
of North Carolina, of quantities of molasses, which was adulterated and 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Barrel) "Atlantic's Fancy." 
A portion of the said barrels were further labeled: "Atlantic Syrup Refining 
Co Phila Pa." A portion of the article was billed as "Atlantic" (or "At- 
lantic's") " Fancy Molasses."
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it contained approximately 40 per cent of added 
glucose.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a product containing commercial glucose, deficient in sucrose and below 
the standard for either fancy sirup or molasses, had been substituted for fancy 
molasses, which the said article purported to be. Adulteration was alleged 
for the further reason that the commercial glucose had been mixed and 
packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality 
and strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation 
of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, 
fancy molasses.
On September 23, 1924, the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere to 
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.