U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1912

William Henning & Co. v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided February 6, 1912 · Max, McCormick, Pardee

193 F. 52; 113 C.C.A. 382; 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 1047

Counsel

Scott E. Beer and Edward M. Robbert (Lannen & Hickey, of counsel), for plaintiffs in error., Charlton R. Beattie, U. S. Atty. (Louis H. Burns, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for the United States.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Conceding in this case that the addition of pumpkin to tomato catsup as a filler results in an article that may be described as a compound, still the food and drugs act requires that such article must be labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate the substances composing the compound, and it is not a compliance with the act to merely mark the word “Compound” on the package.

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.

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