NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2750.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
V. S. v. Magnns, Mabee & Reynard.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $50.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF OIL OF CASSIA; ADULTERA- 
TION OF OIL OF ANISE.
On February 28, 1913, the United States Attorney for the South- 
ern District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against Magnus, Mabee & Eeynard, a cor- 
poration, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on June 27, 1911, from the 
State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania— .
(1) Of a quantity of oil of cassia which was adulterated and mis- 
branded. The product was labeled: " Importers and Manufacturers 
Purity and Strength, Oil Cassia. Magnus & Lauer New York, 
U. S. A. Packed for Shipley, Massingham Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Se- 
rial No. 1245.   4 ozs.    Net Weight."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Specific gravity 
at 25° C, 1.0608; assay for cinnamic aldehyde, 73.0 per cent; rota- 
tion in 100 millimeters, +10.68°; lead, present; nonvolatile resi- 
due, 22.9 per cent; lead acetate test for resins, positive; copper ace- 
tate test, positive; Lieberman Storch reaction, positive; rosin, pres- 
ent; not completely soluble in 2 volumes of 70 per cent alcohol. 
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that it was sold under and by a name recognized in the United
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States Pharmacopoeia, to wit, oil of cassia, but differed from the 
standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test 
laid down in said Pharmacopoeia official at the time of shipment and 
investigation, in that its specific gravity at 25° C. was more than 
1.055, whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides that the specific gravity 
of oil of cassia at 25° C. shall be between 1.045 and 1.055; said drug 
contained rosin and lead, which are not ingredients of oil of cassia 
as determined by the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia, and con- 
tained less than 75 per cent by volume of cinnamic aldehyde, to wit, 
73 per cent, whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides as a test for oil 
of cassia that it shall contain not less than 75 per cent by volume of 
cinnamic aldehyde; the rotation of the product was more than one 
degree when viewed through a 100-millimeter tube, to wit, 10.68°, 
whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides that its rotation when viewed 
through a 100-millimeter tube shall not be more than one degree; 
and said drug was not soluble in 2 volumes of 70 per cent alcohol, 
whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides as a test therefor that it shall 
be soluble in 2 volumes of 70 per cent alcohol. Adulteration was 
alleged for the further reason that a certain substance other than oil 
of cassia, to wit, rosin, had been mixed and packed therewith in 
such a manner as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality 
and strength, and in that a certain substance other than oil of cassia, 
to wit, rosiii, had been substituted in part for the article, and in that 
said article contained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredi- 
ent, to wit, lead, which might render it injurious to health. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the reason that the label set forth above 
regarding the product and the ingredients and substances contained 
therein was false and misleading in that it would indicate that the 
drug was oil of cassia, whereas it was not oil of cassia, but was a 
mixture of oil of cassia and rosin.
(2) Of a quantity of oil of anise which was adulterated. This 
product was labeled: "Importers and Manufacturers, Purity and 
Strength. Oil Anise. Magnus & Lauer, 92 Pearl St., New York, 
U. S. A. Packed for Shipley, Massingham Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Se- 
rial No. 1245.    4 oz. net weight."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the said Bureau of Chem- 
istry showed the following results: Specific gravity at 25° C., 0.9700; 
rotation at 21° C, +0.28°; congealing point, 11.9° C.; ferric chlorid 
test, negative; phenols, absent; soluble in 1 volume of 95 per cent 
alcohol and in 5 volumes of 90 per cent alcohol. Adulteration of 
the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it was 
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Phar- 
macopoeia, to wit, oil of anise, and differed from the standard of 
strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test laid down in
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said Pharmacopoeia official at the time of shipment and investiga- 
tion in that it was not lsevogyrate but was dextrogyrate, whereas 
said Pharmacopoeia provides as a test for oil of anise that it shall be 
lsevogj^rate; its congealing point was below 15° C. and was in fact 
11.9° C., whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides that its congealing 
point shall not be below 15° C.
On May 22, 1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty 
to the information, and on May 23 the court imposed a fine of $50.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., December 18,1913.
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