F.  & D. No.  625.
I   S  No. 9106-a	
Issued July 13, 1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 935, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION  AND  MISBRANDING   OF    "VANI-KOLA    COMPOUND
SYRUP."
On or about December 4, 1908, The Vani-Kola Company, a cor??
poration, Canton, Ohio, shipped from the State of Ohio into the?
State of Michigan a quantity of a food product labeled " Vani-Kola?
Compound Syrup. Manufactured by The Vani-Kola Co., Canton,?
Ohio. Guaranteed under Pure Food & Drugs Act, Serial No. 6947."?
A sample from this shipment was procured and analyzed by the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and?
the product was found to contain 0.14 per cent caffein and coca leaf?
alkaloids, including cocain. As the findings of the analyst and re??
port thereon indicated that the product was misbranded within the?
meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the said Vani-?
Kola Company and the party from whom the sample was procured?
were aiforded opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after hear??
ings held that the above shipment was made in violation of the act,?
the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney-Gen??
eral with a statement of the evidence upon which to base a prosecu??
tion.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the District Court?
of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio against the?
said Vani-Kola Company charging the above shipment and alleging?
that the product so shipped was adulterated in that it contained?
added deleterious ingredients, viz, caffein and cocain, and that it was?
misbranded because it contained cocain, while the container of?
said product failed to bear a statement thereon of the quantity or?
proportion of said cocain present therein. On February 14, 1911, the?
defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the above information,?
whereupon the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
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, June 6, 1911.
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