SS56. Adulteration of compound black nenper. U. S. * * * v. Hanley?
& Kinsella Coffee and Spice Co., a Coriioratiou. Plea of nolo con??
tendere to first count. Second count dismissed. Fine, $25 and?
costs.     (F. & D. No. 12359.    I. S. No.  16232-r.)
On September 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
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District Court of the United States for said district an information in 2 counts?
against the Hanley & Kinsella Coffee and Spice Co., a corporation, St. Louis,?
Mo., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, on or about November 7, 1918, from the State of Missouri into the State?
of Georgia, of a quantity of compound black pepper which was adulterated.?
The article was labeled in part, " H. & K. Compound Black Pepper Hanley &?
Kinsella Coffee & Spice Co. St. Louis'.1'
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was a mixture of corn meal, black pepper, and a?
little capsicum.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
certain substances, to wit. corn and capsicum, had been mixed therewith so?
as to lower, reduce, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and for the?
further reason that certain substance-!, to wit, corn meal and capsicum, had?
been substituted in part for compound black pepper, which the article purported?
to be.
On November 6, 1920, the second count of the information, alleging misbrand??
ing, having been dismissed, a plea of nolo contendere to the first count, alleging?
adulteration, was entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court?
imposed a fine of $23 and eo.st^.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.