17491. Misbranding of table sirup.    V.  S. v.  Four 5-Gallon  Cans  of Table
Sirup.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 24589.    I. S. No. 022543.    S. No. 2907.)
Samples of the table sirup from the herein-described shipment having been 
found to have the color and flavor of maple sirup, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the District of South 
Dakota.
On March 5,1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
four 5-gallon cans of table sirup, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Deadwood, S. Dak., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Early 
Coffee Co., Denver, Colo., on or about February 5, 1930, and had been trans- 
ported from the State of Colorado into the State of South Dakota, and charg- 
ing misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Early's Blue Label Table Syrup * * * contents corn 
syrup with cane sugar imitation maple flavored * * * manufactured by 
the Early Coffee Co., Denver, Colo."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that it was 
an imitation of another article.
On May 22, 1930, 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.
ABTHTJU M.  HY*>E,  Secretary of Agriculture.