NOTICE   OF JUDGMENT  NO. 2084.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION   OF  CANDY.
On August 8, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Wisconsin, acting upon a report of the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis- 
trict an information against the Robert A. Johnston Co., Milwaukee, 
Wis., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about July 21, 1911, from the State of Wisconsin 
into the State of Minnesota of a quantity of candy which was adul- 
terated. The product was labeled: "6 for lc Chocolate Caramel 
Sticks'' (small sticker on original pasteboard box); "Fine Confec- 
tions    Johnston's    Milwaukee." (large sticker).
Analysis of a sample of the product made by the Bureau of Chem- 
istry of this Department showed the following results: Coating, 
resinous material, probably shellac, approximately 0.14 per cent; 
arsenic (Gutzeit), parts per million as As2Os, 0.2. Adulteration of 
the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it con- 
tained as one of its ingredients a certain mineral and poisonous sub- 
stance, to wit, 0.2 part per million of arsenic; and that said mineral 
and poisonous substance formed a constituent part of said article and 
rendered it deleterious and detrimental to health.
On September 7, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $5.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 7, 1912.
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