0691. Adulteration and misbranding of saccharin. U. S. • * * v. 2 
Cans, 10 Pounds Each, and 14 Cans, 1 Pound Each, of Soluble Sac- 
charine. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 9769.    I. S. Nos. 6077-r. 6078-r.    S. No. C-1078.)
On February 27, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary ot Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 2 cans, 10 pounds each, and 14 cans, 1 pound each, of soluble 
saccharin, at Pine Bluff, Ark., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., October 3 and 23 (September 23), 1918, 
respectively, and transported from the State of Missouri into .the State of 
Arkansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part, " Soluble Saccharine."
Analysis of a sample of the article from each consignment, by the Bureau of 
Chemistry of this department, showed that it contained approximately 47 per 
cent of sugar.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it was sold under and by a name recognized in the- United States Pharma- 
copoeia, and differed from the standard of strength and quality as determined by 
the tests laid down therein, and for the further reason that its strength and 
purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement in the 
labeling, " Soluble Saccharine," was false and misleading, and for the further 
reason that the said article was an imitation of, and was offered for sale under 
the name of, another article.
On October 2, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.