5510.?Adulteration  and misbranding,-  of  lemon  extract.     TJ.  S.     *     *     *     v.
5 Gross Bottles of I^emon Extract. Default decree of condemna??
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 11586. I. S. No. 16372-r.?
S. No. E-1853.)
On January 8, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 5 gross bottles of lemon extract, remaining unsold in the?
original packages at Savannah, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by the Okay Extract Co., New York, N. Y., October 19, 1919, and transported?
front the State of New York into the State of Georgia, and charging adultera??
tion and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
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The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Lion Brand Pure Lemon Extract?
specially prepared by the Okay Extract Co., New York. We guarantee the?
contents of this package to be satisfactory in every way;" (bottle) "Lion?
Brand Pure Lemon Extract specially prepared by the Okay Extract Co., New?
York."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that dilute?
alcohol containing a trace of citral product had been mixed and packed with?
said lemon extract so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and?
strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason "that the printing and labels herein??
before quoted were false and misleading and deceived and misled purchasers?
of the article, for the further reason that the article was an imitation of, and?
offered for sale under the name of, another article, and for the further reason?
that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents of said?
packages was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof.
On December 1, 1920, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.