NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2526.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
V. S. v. "Williams Bros. Co.   Plea of nolo contendere.   Fine, $100.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF APPLE JELLY.
On April 20, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against the Williams Bros. Co., a corporation, 
Detroit, Mich., alleging shipment by said company, on May 22, 1911, 
from the State of Michigan into the State of Iowa, of a quantity of 
apple jelly which was adulterated and misbranded in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Williams Apple 
Jelly. The Williams Bros. Co., Detroit, Mich. Guaranteed by the 
Williams Bros. Co. under the Food & Drugs Act, June 30, 1906."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of 
this Department showed the following results: Tartaric acid, 0.34 
per cent; solids, 72.0 per cent. Adulteration of the product was 
alleged in the information for the reason that a substance had been 
mixed and packed with it so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength, and that a substance had been substi- 
tuted wholly or in part for the product, in that it contained 0.34 per 
cent of tartaric acid. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that 
the statement "Apple Jelly," borne on the label, was false and mis- 
leading because it would mislead and deceive the purchaser into the 
belief that said product was apple jelly, whereas, in truth and in fact, 
it was apple jelly prepared with tartaric acid, and said product was 
further misbranded in that it was labeled and branded so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser, being labeled "Apple Jelly," 
thereby purporting that it was pure apple jelly, whereas, in truth 
and in fact, it was apple jelly prepared with tartaric acid.
On April 24, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo 
contendere to the information and the court imposed a fine of $100.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 14,19IS.
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