G444. Adulteration  and  misbranding of banana brandy, liciuenr banana?
type, and Abstina liqueur.     U.  S.     *     *      *     v. Victor Guiltier &  Co.,
a corporation.    Plea of guilty.   Fine, $159.   (F. & D. No. 8498.    I. S. Nos.?
6284-m, 6287-m, 12073-m.)
On January 24, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern 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?
Victor Gautier & Co., a corporation, New York, N. Y., alleging the sale and?
delivery by said company, on or about November 25, 1916, in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act, under a guaranty that the article was not adulterated?
or misbranded within the meaning of the said act, of quantities of banana?
brandy and liqueur banana type, which were misbranded articles within the?
meaning of the said act, and which said articles in the identical condition in?
which they were received were shipped by the purchaser thereof on or about?
November 28, 1916, and December 29, 1916, from the State of New York into?
the State of Maryland, in further violation of the said act. The information?
further alleged the shipment by said company on April 17, 1916, in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, from the State of New York into the State of?
Louisiana, of a quantity of Abstina liqueur which was adulterated.
Analysis of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results, expressed as grams per 100 liters, 100?
proof, unless otherwise indicated :
BANANA   BRANDY.
Alcohol (per cent *by volume)?
18. 95
Solids (grams per 100 cc)?
26.27
Acids as acetic?
25.2
Esters as acetic?
18. 4
Aldehydes as acetic?
    1. 5
Fusel  oil?
23. 2
Furfural?
None.
Colored with Naphthol Yellow S,' S. & J. No. 4, and a bit of?
Orange I, S. & J. No. 85.
Decided flavor of amyl acetate.
Product  is  composed   of  dilute  alcohol  and  sugar   artificially?
colored and flavored.
L1QXJETJE  BANANA  TYPE.
Alcohol (per cent by volume)?
13. 50
Solids (grams per 100 cc)?
25.41
Acids as acetic?
22. 3
Esters as acetic?
19. 6
Aldehydes as acetic?
    2. 0
Fusel oil?
26.1
Furfural?
None.
Colored with Naphthol Yellow S, S. & J. No. 4, and a trace of?
Orange I, S. & J. No. 85.
Decided flavor of amyl acetate.
Product is  composed of diluted  alcohol  and sugar artificially?
flavored and colored.
ABSTTNA  LIQUETJE.
Thujone: Approximately  0.2   grams  per   liter,   indicating   the?
presence of a thujone bearing oil such as tansy oil.
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Adulteration of the banana brandy was alleged in the information for the?
reason that an imitation banana cordial artificially colored had been sub??
stituted in whole or in part for banana brandy, which the article purported to?
be; and for the further reason that it was a product inferior to banana brandy?
prepared in imitation of banana brandy, and had been artificially colored so?
as to simulate the appearance of banana brandy, and in a manner whereby its?
inferiority to banana brandy was concealed.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to?
wit, " Banana Brandy," borne on the labels attached to the bottles containing?
the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein,?
was false and misleading in that it represented that the article was banana?
brandy; and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to de??
ceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was banana brandy,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was an imitation banana cordial?
artificially colored; and for the further reason that it was sold under the dis??
tinctive name of another article, to wit, banana brandy, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it was not, but was an imitation banana cordial artificially colored.
Adulteration of liqueur banana type was alleged for the reason that an imita??
tion banana cordial had been substituted in whole or in part for liqueur banana?
type, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to?
wit, " Liqueur Banana Type," borne on the barrel containing the article, re??
garding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and?
misleading in that it represented that the article was liqueur banana type; and?
for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and?
mislead the purchaser into the belief that the article was liqueur banana type,?
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was an imitation banana cordial?
artificially colored.
Adulteration of the Abstina liqueur was alleged for the reason that it con??
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, thujone, which?
might render the article injurious to health.
On February 11, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to?
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $150.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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