SS14. Aduitex-ation and misbranding.' of concentrated sweetener. IT. S.?
* * + v. 1 Tin of Wood's Snecial Concentrated Sweetener 500.?
Uefault decree of condemnation, forfeitnre, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 13035.    I. S. No. 3801-t.    S.  No. C-2Q30.)
On July 16, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Conn of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 1 tin, containing 5 pounds, of Wood's Concentrated Sweetener?
500, lemaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Nevada, Iowa,?
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about July 3, 1920, by the?
W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Mis??
souri into the State of Iowa, and charging adulteration and misbranding under?
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Wood's Special?
Concentrated Sweetener 500-500 Soluble in Coid Water."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was a mixture of sucrose, cornstarch, and saccharin.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
tained an added deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharin, which might render?
it injurious to health, and for the reason that a mixture of sucrose, corn??
starch, and saccharin had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly?
or in part for, food sweetener, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imitation?
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On December 9, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default?
decree 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.