3949. Adulteration and misbranding of "liquid smoke."   U. S. v. Figaro Chemical Co.   Plea?
of guilty.   Fine, $50 and costs.   (F. & D. No. 4692.   I. S. No. 15637-d.)
On November 5, 1912, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Figaro Chemical?
Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Arizona and engaged in?
business at Dallas, Tex., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act on October 17, 1911, from the State of Texas into the State of Missouri,?
of a quantity of so-called liquid smoke, which was adulterated and misbranded.?
The product was labeled: "Figaro Preservar Trade Mark A Liquid Smoke manu??
factured only by Figaro Chemical Company, Dallas, Texas. Figaro Preservar and?
Liquid containing all the properties of wood smoke * * * Figaro Preservar was?
patented August 20th, 1907. There can be no substitute. We hereby guarantee our?
product under the United States Food and Drug Act of June 30th, 1906; Serial No.?
3923   *   *   *   Figaro Chemical Company, Dallas, Texas."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results: The odor, general appearance, precipitated and dis??
solved tar, acidity, behavior on distillation, neutralization, and oxidation, together?
with the presence of methyl alcohol and acetone, indicated that this product was?
pyroligneous acid. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for?
the reason that it contained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient which might?
render it injurious to health, to wit, wood alcohol. Misbranding was alleged for the?
reason that the product was labeled as above set forth, which label and labels were?
untrue and were false and misleading in that the product was not liquid smoke, but?
was in fact a solution of crude pyroligneous acid.
On January 17, 1913, title defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the infor??
mation and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, March SO, 1914.