14660. Adulteration and misbranding- of maple sirnp.    U. S. v.  19 Tins of
Maple Sirup. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 20960.    I. S. No. 11186-x.    S. No. C-5055.)
On March 23, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 19 tins of maple sirup, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Atlas Fruit Flavoring Co., from Chicago, Ill., February 16, 1926, and trans- 
ported from the State of Illinois into the State of Michigan, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: (Tin) "Maple Syrup Purity & Strength Guar- 
anteed By Atlas Fruit Flavoring Co. Chicago, Ill."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance, glucose, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
or injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly 
or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of 
and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, for the 
further reason that it was labeled " Maple Syrup," which deceived and misled 
the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was food in package form
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on 
the outside of the package.
On April 6, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 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. JAEDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.