S123. Misbranding- of soluble saccharin. U. S. * * * v. ? 2 Cans of?
Soluble Saccharin Crystal and 1 Package of Soluble Saccharin.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. Nos. 10272, 10273.     I. S. Nos. 6143-r, G144-r.     S. No. C-1211.)
On May 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the condemnation?
and forfeiture of a certain quantity of soluble saccharin, at Vicksburg, Miss.,
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alleging that the article was shipped on or about June 14, 1918, by the Sethness?
Co., Chicago, 111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of?
Mississippi and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analyses of samples of the. article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it contained insoluble saccharin and sodium bicarbonate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that the statement on?
the label regarding the article, to wit, " Soluble Saccharine," was false and mis??
leading in that the article was not in fact soluble saccharin, but consisted?
largely of sodium bicarbonate," insoluble saccharin, and other substances.?
Further misbranding was alleged in that the article was an imitation of, and?
was offered for sale under the name of, another and different drug, to wit,?
soluble saccharin. Further misbranding was alleged in that the label did not?
contain a statement showing the quantity or proportion of sodium bicarbonate,?
insoluble saccharin, and other substances contained in the article.
On July 26, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States' marshal.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.