13038. Adulteration and misbranding* of grape soda water flavor.    U. S. v.
2 Barrels and 25 Jugs of Cosco Soluble Grape Soda Water Flavor. 
Default   decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 18903.    I. S. Nos. 18881-v, 18882-v.    S. No. C-4454.)
On August 11, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 2 barrels and 25 jugs of Cosco soluble grape soda water 
flavor, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Milwaukee, Wis., al- 
leging that the article had been shipped by the Sethness Co., Chicago, Ill., 
June 27, 1924, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Wisconsin, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Cosco Guaranteed by 
Sethness Company Chicago, Soluble Grape Soda Water Flavor contains added 
flavoring products identified in grapes, artificially colored."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that an 
artificially-flavored and artificially-colored imitation product had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality 
or strength and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article, and 
in that it had been colored in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Soluble Grape 
Soda Water Flavor " was false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser, and in that it was an imitation of another article.
On December 15, 1924, 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.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.