10291.?Misbranding   of   food   sweetener.     V.   S.     *      *     *     v.   10   Pounds   of
Alleged Food Sweetener. Default decree of condemnation, for??
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13050. I. S. No. 9363-r. S. No.?
E-2430.)
On or about July 19, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis??
trict of Florida, 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 10 pounds of alleged food sweetener, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at Gainesville, Fla., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., June 28, 1920, and?
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Florida, and charging?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled?
in part: " Wood's Special Concentrated Sweetener. 500-500 Soluble in Cold?
Water.    Not sold as a drug.    W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the above quotation from the label of the cans containing the said article?
was false and misleading in that the said article was shown by chemical analysis?
to contain sucrose, sodium bicarbonate, saccharin, and cornstarch.
On August 14, 1920, no claimant having- appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.