Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

and the others were adulterduon ana III,
statement as to the composition of the
goods: cereals, three Judgments: corn
meal. two cases; cottonseed meal, OF
which there were ten cases. one hrm De-
ing proceeded against no less tnan SIX
times. and fined on four occasions for
adulteration with hulls, etc. There was
one Judgment as to the misbranding OF
curacao; six cases involving honey. or
which a large quantity was ordered de-
stroyed, four judgments being against the
same packer: and ten cases where the
subject matter was molasses, with a fine
of 500 on one offender for misbrand1ng
as to quantity and having considerable
shortage.
Quite a quantity Of oysters was or
dered destroyed in the four judgments
affecting that article. two of the lots
being "shucked' oysters, and all being
condemned as filthy. putrid, decom-
posed and unfit for human consump-
ton. The fines imposed are all small
One of the two lots of peanuts. both
shelled, which received attention and
formed the subject OF judgments, was
ordered destroyed because of the pres
ence of worms and other filthy matter
Eighty three boxes Of figs were de-
stroyed also as unfit for food. There
were two cases OF sugar. one being
maple sugar and the other the straight
article: two judgments affecting salt,
both simply misbranding as to place
of origin.
Two judgments against ice dealers
for dispos.ng Of ice which contained
matter are to be noted, and in one
case a fine Of $3.50 was imposed on the
company responsible for the article.
The ice in both cases was ordered to
be destroyed. There were also two
cases involving Ice cream. and six
judgments against makers Of ice cream
cones. These last were the bor.c acid
cases which were SO much commented
on in the newspapers last summer, and
three of the complaints were against
the same manufacturer. A very large
quantity of these goods was ordered
destroyed.
There were only two cases which
came under the head of confectionery,
and they were both Of so-called silver
dragees. These goods, which were
coated with metallic silver. were or
dered destroyed. and fines of 500 i'm
posed in each instance. The adultera-
ton Of bran with rice hulls cost one
maker Of feeds fine Of 5000: and one
of cloves and paid costs because the
cloves were found to be "colored.
coated and stained" to degree that
untitled them altogether for use as a
1000 pTOOuCt.
There were three judgments rendered
affecting mincemeat, two against the
same maker. In each instance the goods
were destroyed, and were described as
filthy, putrid. decomposed and unfit for
human consumption. No fines were i'm
posed, but costs were assessed against
the offenders.
The following is a list Of the food
products which were the subject matter
Of judgments and which have not been
mentioned above in more detail. There
was but one judgment in practically every
case:
Alfalfa meal Linseed meal,
Apple butter, Mapleine.
Biecuits Phosphate,
Rutterol Rice,
(,,Rtard Rice meal,
Grape juice Ruck. Holland,
OF the food products destroyed there
was q very large quantity. as will be
seen by the following table. which in
cIudes everything the quantity OF which
is given in the Notices OF Judgment, with
A. nfn uuS ict wi,