3<H>7. Adulteration and misbranding trf gelatin.    U. S. Y. 1 Barrel of Gelatin.    Consent deeree*?
of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product ordered released on bond.     (F. & D.  No.
5801.    I. S. No. 9999-h.    S. No. C-62.)
On July 3, 1914, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed -in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 1 barrel, containing 148 pounds, more or less, of gelatin, remaining unsold?
in the original unbroken package at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the product?
had been transported in interstate commerce from the State of Illinois into the?
State of Ohio, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " From Clarkson Gelatine?
Works, 33rd St. and Shields Ave., Chicago, 111. * * * To American Extract?
Co. 1008 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that cer??
tain substances, to wit, sugar, sodium bicarbonate and glue, had been mixed?
and packed with said gelatin so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect?
its quality and strength, and further, in that certain substances, to wit, sugar,?
sodium bicarbonate and glue, had been substituted in part for said article of?
food, and further, that said gelatin contained excessive amounts of copper and?
zinc, added deleterious ingredients, which might render said article of food in??
jurious to health. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the product?
was offered for sale, sold and invoiced under the distinctive name of " Ground?
Gelatine " when, in truth and in fact, it was not gelatin nor ground gelatin,?
but was another article, to wit, a mixture of gelatin, glue, sugar, sodium bicar??
bonate, containing excessive amounts of zinc and copper.
On September 14, 1914, the Clarkson Gelatine Works, Chicago, 111., claimant,?
having filed its answer admitting the facts set out in the libel and consenting?
to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product should be released and restored to said?
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bond?
in the sum of $100, in conformity with section 10 of the act, one of the condi??
tions of said bond being that the product should be so denatured by the claim??
ant, in the presence of a United States food and drug inspector, that it might?
not again be sold or offered for sale as a food product.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26, 1915.
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