3349.?Misbranding  of bucbu  gin.     V.  S.  v.  Victor  Gantier  &  Co.    Plea  of
guilty.    Fine, $15.     (F. & D. No. 5100.    I. S. No. 21247-d.)
At the March, 1914, term of the District Court of the United States for the?
Southern District of New York, the United States attorney for said district,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in said court an in??
formation against Victor Gautier & Co., a corporation, New York, N. Y., alleg??
ing the sale by said defendant on April 20, 1912, under a guaranty to the effect?
that the article was not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the?
Food and Drugs Act of June 30,1906, of a quantity of buchu gin which was mis??
branded, and which said article on April 20, 1912, was shipped by the purchaser?
thereof from the State of New York into the State of Maryland in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Quality Guaranteed.?
Franklin Brand Buchu [&] Gin Compound. Victor Gautier & Co., Inc., New York.?
Caution. These goods are carefully prepared under the most modern and improved?
methods.   Made from distilled gin and buchu leaves and is highly recommended."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained alcohol, no declaration of which appeared?
upon the label.    There was no evidence of the presence of buchu in the product.
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[July, 1914.
It was alleged in the information that at the time of said purchase, and at?
the time of the shipment in interstate commerce, the article was misbranded in?
that the statement on the label, " Buchu [&] Gin," regarding said article and?
ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading, in that?
said words would indicate that buchu was present in said article, whereas, in?
truth and in fact, buchu was not present in said article.-
On April 13, 1914, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information and the court imposed a fine of $15.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., September 24, 1914.