People v. Jacobowitz

The defendant has been convicted for violation of section 139-b of the Sanitary Code of the City of New York, being section 139-b of chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances of City of New York, which provides in part: “ Non-alcoholic carbonated drink or beverage as herein defined shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If when sweetened it contain less than 7% by weight of sugar (sucrose) in the finished product, except dry ginger ale which shall contain not less than 5% of sugar (sucrose). (2) If it contain more than 0.004% by weight of saccharin or other synthetic sweetening agent in the…