11282,?Adulteration   and   misbranding;   of   raspberry   six-up.     U.   S.   v.   The
Swedish  Produce  Co.,  a Corporation.    Plea  of  guilty.    Fine,  $50.?
(F. & D. No. 15270.    I. S. No. 10288-t.)
On January 25, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
the Swedish Produce Co., a corporation, Chicago, 111., alleging shipment by?
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October?
16, 1920, from the State of Illinois into the State of Colorado, of a quantity?
of raspberry sirup which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was?
labeled-in part: " Linnea The S P Co Hallon Saft * * * Raspberry Syrup?
* * * Distributed by The Swedish Produce Co. 657 W. Lake St., Chi??
cago, HI."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was a highly flavored, artificially colored sirup, con??
taining a small amount of natural fruit juice, probably approximating 10 to 15?
per cent.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that an artificially flavored and artificially colored product had been mixed and?
packed therewith so as to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality?
and strength and had been substituted in large part for raspberry sirup, which?
the said article purported to be. Adulteration was alleged for the further?
reason that the article was a product inferior to raspberry sirup, to wit, a mix??
ture which contained proportionally a small amount of natural fruit juice, to?
wit, approximately 15 per cent of natural fruit juice, and, was artificially?
flavored and artificially colored so as to simulate the taste and appearance?
of raspberry sirup and in a manner whereby its inferiority to raspberry sirup?
was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Rasp??
berry Syrup," borne on the labels attached to the bottler containing the article,?
regarding the said article and the ingredients and substances contained therein,?
was false and misleading in that the said statement represented that the article?
consisted wholly of raspberry sirup, and for the further reason that it was?
labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it con??
sisted wholly of raspberry sirup, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did not so?
consist, but did consist of an artificially flavored and artificially colored mixture?
which contained a small amount of natural fruit juice.
On January 24, 1923, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on beha If?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.