14458.  Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   sirup.     U.   S.   v.   ?5   Cans   of   Sirup.     1 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale or destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 20083.    I. S. No. 24781-v.    S. No. C-4736.)
On May 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of \ 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and \ 
condemnation of 95 cans of sirup, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Orange, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
W. & L. Hartman, Abbeville, La., on or about April 11, 1925, and trans- 
ported from the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Can) "No 10 Can Hartman's Choice Syrup Sold 
By W. & L. Hartman On The Steamer 'City of Rome' * * * Abbeville, 
Louisiana." - 
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained commercial glucose, which said glucose had been mixed and packed 
with the article so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect the quality 
and strength of the sirup, and in that glucose had been substituted wholly or 
in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " Choiee'Syrup " 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the   * 
further reason that it was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another 
article.
On November 17, 1925, 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 might be sold by the United States marshal, provided 
the purchaser execute a bond* in the amount of $200, conditioned that it not be 
sold in violation of law, otherwise that it be destroyed by the United States 
marshal. 
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.