3709. Adulteration and misbranding of samb uca liquor. V. S. v. 2 Cases of Sambuca Liquor.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5888. I. S.?
No. 9473-h.   S. No. E-95.)
On August 28, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, act??
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 2 cases,?
each containing 12 bottles of so-called liquor, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Newark, N. J., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about?
July 24, 1914, and transported from the State of New York into the State of New?
Jersey, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The cases were labeled: "F. R. Marzulli, 164 Eighth Ave., Newark, N. J.?
Sambuca. Milan Importing Co." The bottles were labeled: (Neck label) "Milan?
Importing Co." (Shoulder label) "Purity guaranteed by Milan Importing Co. under?
the Pure Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906, Serial No. 58417. Made in New?
York." (Main label) "Sambuca Extra Fina. Panorama di Napoli (design of bay?
and volcano, medals of award and coat of arms) Milan Importing Co., New York,?
Sambuca Extra Fina."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that a substance??
to wit, methyl alcohol?had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce,?
lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength; and for the further reason that?
a substance?to wit, methyl alcohol?had been substituted wholly or in part for?
ethyl alcohol; and for the further reason that the article contained a deleterious?
ingredient?to wit, methyl alcohol?which might render the same injurious to health.?
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the labels on the bottles containing the?
product, bearing pictorial representations of a bay, volcano, medals of award, coat?
of arms, and the words, "Sambuca Extra Fina Panorama di Napoli," were so con??
structed as to convey the impression that the product was of foreign origin, which?
was false and misleading.
On November 13, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26, 1915.
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