10S55. Adulteration and misbranding- of soluble saccharin. IT. S. v. 5?
Pounds and 5 Pounds of Soluble Saccharin. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 14977,?
15043.    I. S. Nos. 1962-t, 3152-t, 4766-t.    S. Nos. C-3071, C-3070.)
On June 13 and June 25, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western?
District of Texas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure?
and condemnation of 5 pounds and 5 pounds of soluble saccharin, so-called, re??
maining in the original packages at San Antonio and Waco, Texas, alleging that?
the article had been shipped on or about July 24 and August 20, 1918, by the?
Sethness Co., Chicago, 111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the.?
State of Texas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Cosco Brand Soluble?
Saccharine Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906 By?
Sethness Company   Chicago, U. S. A."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of a mixture of soluble saccharin,?
insoluble saccharin, and sodium bicarbonate.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it?
was sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia,?
and differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined?
by the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia, and for the further reason that?
the strength and purity of said article fell below the professed standard of?
quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that statements in the labeling of?
the article, " Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906 * * *?
Soluble Saccharine,'' were false and misleading, and for the further reason that?
said article was an imitation of and offered for sale under the name of another?
article.
On December 20 and November 23, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the?
property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.