F. & D. No. 1752.
S. No. 611.	
Issued May 27,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 857, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF SORGHUM SYRUP.
On or about January 8, 1910, the Corn Products .Refining- Company,?
Granite City, III., shipped from the State of Illinois into the State of?
Minnesota 13 cases of syrup in 10-pound cans, each of which was?
labeled: "10 pounds net weight, pure sorghum, guaranteed by Corn?
Products Refining Company to comply with the Food and Drugs Act,?
June 30, 1906. Registered under Serial No. 2317. Packed by Corn?
Products Refining Company, General Offices, New York." Samples?
of this shipment were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of Chem??
istry, United States Department of Agriculture, and the product was?
found to contain between 15 and 25 per cent of glucose. As it appeared?
from the above analysis and report thereon that the product was mis-?
branded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30,?
1906, and liable to seizure under section 10 of the act, the Secretary of?
Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney for the?
District of Minnesota.
In due course i libel was filed in the District Court of the United?
States for the said district against the said 13 cases of syrup, charging?
the above shipment and alleging that the product so shipped was mis-?
branded in that it was so labeled and branded as to deceive and mislead?
the purchaser by purporting to be, according to the brands and labels?
thereon, pure sorghum, whereas in truth and in fact said product was?
a compound of corn and cane syrup. The case coming on for hearing?
the court, on November 21, 1910, issued its decree condemning said 13?
cases of syrup as being misbranded for the cause in said libel above?
stated, with the proviso that upon the payment of the costs of these?
proceedings by the claimants and the execution and delivery of a bond?
in the sum of $500 by the said Corn Products Refining Company, upon
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the condition that the said 13 cases of syrup should not be disposed of?
contrary to law, the product be redelivered to the claimants.
On January 14, 1911, the Corn Products Refining Company filed a?
bond as required by the above decree, whereupon the goods were?
released to said claimants.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2, 1911.
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