14845. Adulteration and misbranding of grape flavor.    V. S. v. 50 Pounds
of Grape Flavor, et al. Default decrees of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 16795, 16836. I. S. Nos. 
3065-v, 3079-v.    S. Nos. E-4155. E-4192.)
On September 1 and 25, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney for 
the Western District of North Carolina, 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 100 pounds of grape flavor, in part 
at Charlotte, N. C, and in part at High Point, N. C, alleging that the article 
had been shipped by W. B. Nethery, Elberton, Ga., in two consignments, July
7 and August 24, 1922, respectively, and transported from the State of Georgia 
into the State of North Carolina, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Kumfort Laboratories Elberton, Georgia W. B. Nethery, Ph. G. * * * 
Grape Crystals."
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was1 adulterated, 
in that it contained saccharine, which reduced and injuriously affected its 
quality, in that it had been mixed and colored in a manner whereby its 
inferiority was concealed, and in that it contained an added poisonous or 
deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharine, which rendered it injurious to health.
It was further alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in 
violation of section 8, paragraphs 2 and 4, of said act, in that it was labeled 
with the intent of deceiving the public, and in that it was offered for sale under 
the distinctive name of another article.
On October 11, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.