10199. Adulteration and misbranding- of "Wood's special concentrated?
sweetener. V. S. * * * v. 34 Ounces of Wood's Special Con??
centrated Sweetener. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 13224, 13225. I. S. Nos. 9130-t,?
9131-t.     S. Nos. B-2482, E-2483.)
On August 17, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Georgia, 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 seizure and?
condemnation of 24 ounces of Wood's special concentrated sweetener, remaining?
unsold in the original packages at Bainbridge, Ga., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about July 1,?
1920, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Georgia,?
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The article was labeled in part, " Wood's Special Concentrated Sweetener?
*    *    *    W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that starch and a product having no food value and being deleterious?
to health, namely, saccharin, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to?
reduce and lower and injuriously affect the quality and strength of the sugar,?
and had been substituted wholly or in part for sugar. Adulteration was?
alleged for the further reason that the article contained an added poisonous?
or deleterious ingredient, saccharin, which might render it injurious to health.
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Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement on?
the label " Special Concentrated Sweetener 500," was false and. misleading and?
deceived and misled the purchaser by representing the article to be five hundred?
times sweeter than sugar, when it was not. Misbranding was alleged for the?
further reason that the article was an imitation of, and offered for sale under?
the distinctive name of, another article.
On June 21, 1921, 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.