NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1038.
(Given pursuant to tectlon 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF PRESERVED PEACH, APPLE.
AND SUGAR.
At the November term of court, 1910, the United States Attorney 
for the Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon the report by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed information in the District Court of 
the United States against the St. Louis Syrup and Preserving Co., a 
corporation, of St. Louis, Mo., alleging shipment by that company, 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 22, 
1909, from the State of Missouri into the State of Iowa, of a quantity 
of so-called " Preserved Peach, Apple and Sugar," which was 
adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled: " Preserved 
Peach Apple and Sugar No .preservative No coloring—Gold Seal 
Brand Preserved Fruits Guaranteed by us to comply with the Food 
and Drugs Act June 30,1906. Serial No. 8563. St. Louis Syrup and 
Preserving Co.   St. Louis."
Analysis of the product made by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
Department showed it to contain between 23 and 36 per cent com- 
mercial glucose. The information, therefore, alleged Adulteration of 
the product in that another substance than peach, apple and sugar, 
viz, commercial glucose, had been added to and substituted in part for 
the article described on the label, and that said substance had been 
mixed and packed with the product so as to reduce and lower and 
injuriously affect the quality and strength of the article. Misbrand- 
ing was alleged in the information because the product was labeled 
and branded " Preserved Peach, Apple and Sugar," which form of 
branding and labeling is calculated to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser into the belief that the product consisted wholly of peach, and 
apple and sugar, whereas, in fact, the product contained a large 
amount of another and different substance, viz, commercial glucose, 
which substance was not stated upon the label.
On May 29, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $10 
on each count, totalling $20 and costs.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 3,1911.
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