9162. Adulteration of black pepper and imitation lemon flavor, and adulteration
and misbranding of ground cinnamon. IT. S. v. Lewis I. Temkin (La Salle 
Mfg. Co.). Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $1,000. (F. D. C. No. 15503. 
Sample Nos. 40360-F, 59722-F, 66610-F, 68018-F, 80035-F, 80642-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : May 23,1945, Northern District of Illinois, against Lewis I. 
Temkin, trading as the La Salle Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of November 29, 1943, and 
April 12, 1944, from the State of Illinois into the States of Ohio, Wisconsin, 
Michigan, and Missouri.
LABEL IN PART: "Florence Nightingale * * * Pure Ground Black Pepper 
[or 'Ture Ground Cinnamon"]," and "Cook's Pride Imitation Lemon Flavor."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Pepper. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), substances, one 
of which consisted of ground, delinted cottonseed hulls, soybean meal, and 
ground black pepper, and the other of which consisted of ground buckwheat, 
buckwheat hulls, and ground black pepper, had been substituted in whole or 
in part for pure ground black pepper, which the article was represented to be; 
and, Section 402 (b) (4), ground, delinted cottonseed hulls and soybean meal,
' or ground buckwheat and buckwheat hulls, had been added to or mixed or 
packed with pure ground black pepper so as to reduce its strength and quality. 
Cinnamon. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), substances, one consisting of 
seed meal and ground cinnamon, and the other consisting of seed meal, wheat 
starch, and ground cinnamon, had been substituted in whole or in part for pure 
ground cinnamon, which the article was represented to be; and, Section 
402 (b) (4), seed meal alone, or seed meal and wheat starch, had been added 
to or mixed or packed with pure ground cinnamon so as to reduce its quality 
or strength. Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the label on a portion of the 
article failed to bear an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents 
because the packages of that portion contained less than "1 Oz. Avd.," as was 
declared on the label; and, Section 403 (d), the containers of the article were 
so made, formed, and filled as to be misleading in that each container was 
filled to but 47 percent or 50 percent of capacity.
Lemon flavor. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a substance with a faint 
odor of lemon and having little or no value as a flavoring had been substituted 
for imitation lemon flavor, which the article was represented to be; and, Sec- 
tion 402 (b) (4), water had been added to the article or mixed or packed with 
it so as to reduce its quality and strength.
DISPOSITION : September 26, 1945. The defendant having entered a plea of nolo 
contendere, the court imposed a fine of $125 on each count, a total fine of $1,000.