16442. Adulteration and Misbranding of strawberry and raspberry flavors.
U. S. v. Sethness Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $200 and costs.     (F. &
D. No. 22569.    I. S. Nos. 14477-x, 14478-x.)
On September 10, 1&28, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Sethness Co., a corporation, Chicago,.Ill., alleging shipment by said company 
under the name of the Sunlite Laboratpi'ies, in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended, on or about August 24, 1927, from the State of Illinois into the 
State of Wisconsin, of quantities of strawberry and raspberry flavors which 
were adulterated and misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: (Jugs) 
"Super Concentrated Strawberry (or "Raspberry") Manufactured By Sunlite 
Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois."
It was alleged in the information that the articles were adulterated in that 
artificially flavored imitation products had been substituted for the said 
articles.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, " Super 
Concentrated Strawberry " and " Super Concentrated Raspberry," borne on the 
labels of the respective products, were false and misleading in that the said 
statements represented that the articles consisted wholly of strawberry, or 
raspberry, as the case might be, and for the further reason that the articles 
were labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the 
belief that they consisted wholly of strawberry, or raspberry, as the case might 
be, whereas they did not so consist, but did consist in whole and in part of 
artificially fiavored imitation products which contained little or no strawberry 
or raspberry. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the articles 
were artificially flavored products prepared in imitation of and offered for sale 
and sold under the distinctive names of other articles, namely, super concen- 
trated strawberry and super concentrated raspberry. Misbranding was alleged 
for the further reason that the articles were food in package form and the 
quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the packages.
On May 1, 1929, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the. defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200 and costs.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.