E\ & D. No. 327.	
Issued June 4, 1910.
S. No. 142.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 341, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF ROQUEFOKT CHEESE.
On or about January 2, 1909, The McLaren Imperial Cheese Com??
pany, of Detroit, Mich., shipped from the State of Michigan to the?
State of Illinois 25 cases, each case being labeled " Two Dozen Small?
Jars McLaren's Roquefort Cheese," each jar labeled " McLaren's?
Eoquefort," and containing the picture of a goat between the words,?
and below the word " Roquefort," in exceedingly small type, " Manu??
factured and Blended in the United States." Analyses of samples?
of this shipment showed that the product was misbranded within?
the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. As the?
findings of the analyst and report made showed that the above ship??
ment was liable to seizure under section 10 of the act, the Secretary?
of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States Attorney for?
the Northern District of Illinois. In due course a libel was filed?
against the said 25 cases of cheese, charging that the product was?
misbranded, in that the said cases and jars of cheese contained therein?
bore a label which would lead the purchaser to believe that the?
product consisted of a pure Roquefort cheese, imported from Roque??
fort, France, and made wholly from goats' milk, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, an analysis of the sample showed that the product did?
not consist of pure imported Roquefort cheese, that it was not made?
in France, and that it did not have .the character or properties of?
Roquefort cheese.
On March 4, 1909, the McLaren Imperial Cheese Company en??
tered an appearance and filed an answer to the aforesaid libel, and?
the case coming on for hearing, the court rendered its decree of?
condemnation and forfeiture, and ordered that the goods be released?
to the claimant on payment of costs and the filing of a bond condi??
tioned that the said goods should not be disposed of contrary to the?
laws of the United States, or the laws of any State, Territory, or?
insular possession.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 12, 1910.
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