F. & D. No. 2891.
I. S. No. 9927-c.	
Issued October 26, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1761.
(Giyen pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF CATSUP.
At the December session of the District Court of the United States?
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States Attorney?
for said district, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul??
ture, filed an information against the Philadelphia Pickling Co., a?
corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., alleging shipment by said company,?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on October 17, 1910, from?
the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Maryland, of a quantity?
of catsup which was adulterated. The product was labeled: " No. 4?
Special Cpmp. Catsup. Antifermented, with 2/10 of 1? Benzoate?
of Soda, 2151."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this Department showed the following results: No evidence of?
active spoilage when opened. Yeasts and spores 48 per one-sixtieth?
cmm.; bacteria numerous, estimated at 200,000,000 per cc.; mold?
filaments in 80 per cent of microscopic fields; cereal product present.?
Adulteration was alleged in the information for the reason that the?
product consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable sub??
stance.
On April 26, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty?
to the information and the court, imposed a fine of $50 and costs in?
the sum of $12.50.
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August ISO, WW.
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