6413. Adulteration and misln-anding' of peach l)randy. U. S. * * * "v. The?
Old 76 Distilling- Co., a eoiporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, Sj*300?
and costs.     (F. & T>. No. 8536.    I. S. No. 12172-ra.)
On December 11, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against The?
Old 76 Distilling Co., a corporation, doing business at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging?
shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about?
March 21, 1917, from the State of Ohio into the State of Texas, of a quantity?
of an article labeled in part, " Peach Brandy," which was adulterated and?
misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed the following results, expressed in grams per 100 liters, 100 proof,?
except where otherwise indicated:
Alcohol  (per eent by volume) _-,?
49.8
Acids, total, as acetic?
   9.6
Esters as acetic?
15.8
Aldehydes as acetic?
Fusel oil?
16.7
Caramel: None detected.?
The producttfe'a mixture of'bf&lidy and neutral spirits.?
AiWUteration of the; article was alleged fin the information for the reason that?
a sftiUstance, to wit, ntetftral spirits, ha'd been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to 4e*ver or reduce am&!~injuriously an5ec't its quality and had been substituted?
in 'part for peach brandy, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to?
wit, " Peach Brandy," borne on the keg containing the article, regarding it?
and the ingredients a.nd substances contained therein, was false and misleading?
in that it represented that the article was peach brandy; and for the further?
reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the pur??
chaser into the belief that it was peach brandy, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it was not, but was a mixture composed in part of neutral spirits.
On June 28, 1918, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the infor??
mation, and the court imposed a fine of $300 and costs.
C. F. MAI^TN", Acting Secretary of Agriculture,?
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