14766. Adulteration and misbranding of canned corn. V. S. v. 6% Cases 
of Canned Corn, et al. Consent decrees of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 20661, 20822, 
20824. I. S. Nos. 6983-x, 6987-x, 7916-x. S. Nos. E-5589, E-5631-a, 
E-5632-a.)
On November 25, 1925, and February 5, 1926, respectively, the United States 
attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for 
said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 202% cases of canned 
corn, remaining in .the original unbroken packages in part at Honesdale, Pa., 
and in part at Scranton, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the New Hartford Canning Co., in part from Pennellville, N. Y., and in part 
from New Hartford, N. Y., on or about the respective dates of July 31 and 
November 19, 1925, and "transported from the State of New York into the State 
of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding with respect to a 
portion of the product, and adulteration with respect to the remainder in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled, 
variously: " Starlight Brand Extra Fancy Quality Golden Sweet Corn Con- 
tents 1 Lb. 4 Oz. New Hartford Canning Co. New Hartford, N. Y." ; " Knoxboro 
Brand Bantam Evergreen Corn * * * Knoxboro Canning Co. Knoxboro, 
N. Y." ; " White Mountain Brand Bantam Evergreen Corn * * * New Hart- 
ford Canning Co. New Hartford,    *    *    *    N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that a sub- 
stance, to wit, saccharin, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce 
or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength and had been substituted 
wholly or in part for the said article. Adulteration, was alleged for the 
further reason that the article had been mixed in a manner whereby damage 
or inferiority was concealed, and for the further reason that it contained an 
added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharin, which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
Misbranding of the Starlight brand was alleged for the reason that the 
statement " Contents 1 Lb. 4 Oz.," borne on the label, was false and misleading 
and 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 November 15, 1926, the New Hartford Canning Co., New Hartford, N. Y., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to 
the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claim- 
ant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bonds 
totaling $625, conditioned in part that it be returned to New Hartford, N. Y., 
and not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the Federal food and 
drugs act, or the laws of any State, Territory, District, or insular possession of 
the United States which prohibits the use of saccharin in products for human 
consumption.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.