11645. Adulteration   and misbranding of   raspberry  jelly.     U.   S.   v.   St.   Louis
Fondant Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $500.     (F. D. C. No. 20953.    Sample No. 
40414-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : November 4,1946, Eastern District of Missouri, against the 
St. Louis Fondant Co., a corporation, St. Louis, Mo.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 15, 1946, from the State of Missouri into 
the State of Illinois.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
raspberry juice, had been in part omitted from the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the article failed to conform to the 
definition and standard of identity for raspberry jelly since it was made from a 
mixture composed of less than 45 parts by weight of raspberry juice to each 
55 parts by weight of one of the saccharine ingredients specified in the definition 
and standard. The article failed also to conform to the definition and standard 
since it contained a color, amaranth, as well as artificial raspberry flavor, which 
are not permitted as optional ingredients of raspberry jelly; and, further, the 
weight of the corn sirup solids in the article was more than one-half the weight 
of the total saccharine ingredients.
See also Nos. 11507-11509.
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $250 on each count, a total fine 
of $500.