25584. Adulteration   and misbranding of  confectionery.    TJ.   S.  v.  Herman  P. 
Riehs  (North Atlantic Trading Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, 810.    (F. &
D. no. 35905.    Sample nos. 20656-B, 20657-B.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of confectionery which con- 
tained spirituous liquor, and the packages of which failed to bear a statement 
of the quantity of the contents thereof.
On July 29, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against Herman P. Riehs, trading as the North 
Atlantic Trading Co., Chicago, Ill., charging shipment by said defendant in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 22, 1934, from the 
State of Illinois into the State of New York, of a quantity of each of two articles 
of confectionery which were adulterated and misbranded. One article was 
labeled: "Vergissmeinnicht A. G. Schmidt & Co. Berlin Feinste Weinbrand 
Bohnen."   The other article was labeled: "Mevange Freres Confiseur Paris."
It was alleged in the information that both articles were adulterated in that 
they contained spirituous liquor.
It was alleged that the articles were misbranded in that they were food in 
package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and con- 
spicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On February 5, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered by the defendant, and the 
court imposed a fine of $10.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.