F. & D. No. 4002.
S. No. 13S7.	
Issued March 27, 1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2070.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF " LUKUM."
On May 17, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Northern?
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul??
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
a libel for the seizure and condemnation of four cases, each contain??
ing 150 packages, of " Lukum," a Greek candy or confection, remain??
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of?
the Greek Product Importing Co., a copartnership, 806 West Polk?
Street, Chicago, 111., alleging that the product had been shipped on?
April 26, 1912, by the Syra Lukum Co., a corporation, New York,?
N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State?
of Illinois
 and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act. The product was labeled: (On cases) " The Syra Lukum?
Co.j Confectioners, 384 Pearl Street, New York City." (On pack??
ages) " Etaipeida oykomioy Ypoy?the Syra Lukum Co. Syra,?
Grece?New York. Marque de Fabrique avis pour eviter les falsifica-?
teurs chercher sur les boites ma signature."
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason?
that it was labeled as set forth above, which labels were false and?
misleading, in that they purported to state that the product was a?
foreign product manufactured in Syra, Greece, whereas in truth and?
in fact the product was not manufactured in Syra, Greece, but was?
manufactured in the city of New York in the United States of?
America.
On September 11, 1912, no claimant having appeared for the prop??
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture w7as entered, and it?
was further ordered that the property should be dest-royed by the?
United States marshal.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C.^ December 6,1912.
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