The chronicle=news., 1914-07-06
ARSENIC sFovW YM r.
JELLY AND CANDY
Careless or Ignorant Hanufacturers
Fined for Letting Drug Find Ns
Way into Their ProductA

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lily. candy and chocolate and Of lead
in cream tartar, has caused one cor
poration to be fined 800 and three
Icorporations to be fined $50 each for
tthe shipment OF such adulterated pro-
ducts In interstate commerce. In ev-
ferry case the arsenic and lead appear
Ito have found their way into the pro-
ducts through either ignorance or
carelessness on the part Of the manu-
Ifacturer. In order to protect him-
self, he should have procured mater
ials guaranteed by his vendor under
the Food and Drugs Act, thus shift
ing the responsibility from himself,
or else made certain by a personal
Investigation that they contained no
Injurious ingredients. q:
According to a recent announce
ment of the U. 8. Department or
Horticulture, the Williams Bros. Co.,
OF Detroit. Mich, has been fined
500 for sending four brands Of adul-
terated jelly into Missouri. One
brand contained parts of arsenic
per million. Two of the brands con-
tained parts. and the fourth. 90
parts per million, WHICH might rem
der the jelly injurious TO health. "'
The Catawba Candy Co.. Of San
dusky. Ohio. was also fined $50 and
costs for sending into North Carolina
a quantity of "sced Squares" all of
which contained arsenic in either
the candy or coating. or both. Leo
Ben jamin. of New York CITY. accord
ing to the announcement, was fined
$50 for shipping into P<bnsylvania
"chocolate cremolin' Which con-
tained arsenic. II also contained an
other mineral substance. a'crude OK
i'd of iron. which acted both as coll
or and cocoa substitute. The label
stated that This Cremolin contains
powdered cocoa, and q little harmless
coloring."
The Pan Chemical Co., Of New
York City was fined $50 for shipping
a quantity of dulterated cream tartar
into the State Of Washington. 1t
contained lead. a poisonous ingredi-
ent. in the amount of 50 parts per
million, which might render 1t injur-
ious to health.
The Sen-Sen Chictet Co., corpor-
alton organized under the laws OF
Maine, with a factory at Salem, Ohio
was tined S25 and costs fpr shipping
misbranded chewing gupts from Ohio
into Illoinois. The gum pre label
c6ntaining the words Jumbo Pep
| sin Gum" Analysis showed that the
gum contained no 3epsinE
I The shipment of adulterated and
lmisbranded mincemeat In Interstate
commerce has brought three fines ol
i$25 each and costs to the w. H. Mar
\ vim Co., Urbana, Ohio. The "mjnce'
meat" contained nothing more than 9
trace of meat, there being OIL pei
cent Of meat in two of the shipments
and OF per cent in the third. Thii
was not considered sufficient to com
lply with the federal law. The LABEL
on the shipments giving the compos
lite articles of the "mincemeat" men
toned meat first. -
Short weight of peanut butte
brought a fine of $25 and costs tt
lJulius Koehler (The Royal Peanu
Butter Coz of Cleveland, Ohio. be
cause the article was shipped in in
terstate commerce. Ten packages
showed an average shortage of owe
13 per cent in weight. Another Obi.
company (of Toledo), the, Ohio .s2ic'
& Extract Co.. was fined $25 ant
costs for shipping iadulterated AM
misbranded mace into Missourui.
/. Lesser fines were imposed as fol
flows: H 1'l "
Henry M. Boggs. Fullerton, Ky.
milk, adulteration, SIS and costs.
Alexander A. Walter and Alfred
! Walter. Albany, N. Y. potato chips
, misbranding, $3.50 each:7
The John Boyle Co., Baltimore
Md, canned peas. misbranding. $40
e Sumner G. Berry, Ashley, Ill
l condensed milk, adulteration an
}, misbranding, $40 and costs.
Chas. w. Shaw Co., Baltimore
Md, jelly red color, adulteratior
= $40.
;, Charles B. Lyon & Bro, st. Pau
d Mimi, gum orange shellac, adultel
alton, $40.
vi William Numsen & Sons, Bait
: moree, Md, jam. adulteration an
's lmisbranding, $40. %
r Chas. w. Shaw Co.. sBaltimor'
IND, leavener, adulteration, $40.
The Myers & Hicks Co., Baatimor
Nd. baking powder, adulteratiol
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