Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-21
FIND ARSENIC IN
 JELLY AND CANDY Careless or Ignorant Manu- lecturers Afoul of the
 Pure Food Law.
UNCLE SAM FINES IT
Jelly Manufacturer Pays S1O0 Because of Arsenic in Pr0duct-Capdy. Milk, Baking Powder and Cream
 Tartar Men in Trouble, Too.

Washington, June 20.-The accident al presence of arsenic in jelly, candy and chocolate and of lead in cream tartar, has caused one corporation to be fined S100 and three corporations to be fined $50 each for the shipment of such adulterated products in inter- state commerce. In every case the arsenic and lead appear to have found their way into the products through either ignorance or careleSSneSS on the part of the manufacturer. In or der to protect himself, he should have procured materials guaranteed by his
 vendor under the food and drugs act thus shifting responsibility from him. self, or else made certain by person. al investigation that they contained no injurious ingredients.
 According to a recent announcement of the Urited States department of agriculture, the Williams Bros com pany of Detroit, Mich, has been fined $100 for sending four brands of adult erated jelly into Missouri. One brand
 contained parts of arsenic per mil lion. Two of the brands contained s parts, and the fourth, 20 parts per
 million, which might render the jelly injurious to health.
 The Catawba Candy company of Sandusky, Ohio, was also fined $50 and
 costs for sending into North Carolina of fo1i Cream,' and into Oklahoma a quantity
 of "Iced Squares" all of which con- tained arsenic in either the candy or oating, or both. Leo Benjamin of New York city, according to the an nouncement, was fined $50 for ship
 ping into Pennsylvania Chocolate Cremolin'' which contained arsenic. It
 also containe danother mineral sub
 stance, crude oxid of iron, which acted both as color and a cocoa
 substitute The label stated that '"This Cremolin contains powdered cocoa,
 and a little harmless coloring." Cream Tartar Contains Lead; Fined $50.
 The Pan Chemical company of New York city was fined $50 for shipping a | U l into the state of Washington. It con-
 tained lead a poisonous ingredient, in 1 the amount of 62 parts per million, | which might render it's injurious to 1 health.
 The Sen Sen Chiclet company, a cor poration organized under the laws of l Maine, with a factory at Salem, Ohio, was fined $25 and costs for shipping | misbranded chewing gum from Ohio
 into Illinois. The gum bore label containing the words 'Jumbo Pepsin Gum.' Analysis showed that the gum
 contained no pepsin.
 The shipment of adulterated and
 misbranded mince meat in interstate
 commerce has brought three fines of | 1925 each and costs to the w. H. Mar win company Urbana, Ohio. The | "mincemeat" contained nothing more than trace of meat, there being O.1 per cent of meat in two of the ship ments, ana 0.2 per cent in the third. This was not considered sufficient to comply with the federal law. The I labels on the shipments giving the composite articles of the 'mincemeat' mentioned meat first.
 l Short weight of peanut butter l brought a fine of $25 and costs to Julius Koehler (The Royal Peanut
 Butter company of Cleveland. Ohio,
 because the article was shipped in in terstate commerce. Ten packages l showed an average shortage of over l 13 per cent in weight. Another Ohio
 company (of Toledo), the Ohio Spice
 & Extract company, was fined $25 and costs for shipping adulterated and I misbranded mace into Missouri. l Lesser fines were imposed as fol-
 lows:
 Henry M. Boggs, Fullerton, Ky,
 milk. adulteration, $15 and costs. Alexander A. Walter and Alfred F.
 Walter, Albany, N. Y., potato chips, misbranding, $12.5O each 1 The John Boyle company, Baltl-
 more. Md, canned peas, misbranding,
 $1O.
 Sumner G. Berry, Ashley, H., con
 densed milk, adulteration and mis-
 branding, $10 and costs.
 Chas. w. Shaw company, Baltimore,
 Md, jelly red color, adulteration, $lO.
 Charles B. Lyon & Bro., St. Paul,
 Minfl., gum Orange shllac, adultera-
 tion, $1O.
 William Numsen & Sons, Baltimore,
 Hd, jam, adulteration and misbrand- ing, $10.
 l Chas. w. Shaw company, Baltimore,
 Md, ieavener, adulteration, $lO. l The Myers & Hicks company, Balti-
 more, Md, baking powder, adultera-
 tion, S.
 President Gilmore of the Federal 1 league says that he is seriously