17679. Misbranding; and alleged Adulteration of sirup.    V. S. v. 418 Cases
of Sirup. Product adjudgred nilsbranded and ordered released 
under bond. (F. & D. No. 24983. I. S. Nos. 6801, 6802, 6803. S. No. 
3339.)
Samples of a product labeled " Pure Cane Syrup," from the herein described 
interstate shipment having been found to contain sugar sirup, the Secretary 
of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of Texas.
On August 15, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 418 cases of sirup, remaining in the original packages 
at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Mayer 
Sugar & Molasses Co. (Inc.), from New Orleans, La., in part on or about 
April 18, 1930, and in part on or about June 27, 1930,?^.nd had been trans- 
ported from the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Pure Cane Syrup Made in the Old Way on 
the Louisiana Plantation. Packed by Mayer Sugar & Molasses Company, Inc., 
New Orleans, La."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that sugar 
sirup had been mixed and packed therewith so as to lower and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for pure 
cane sirup which the said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements on the label.s 
of the cans, "100 per cent Pure Cane Syrup Made in the Old Way on;the 
Louisiana Plantation," were false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article 
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, pure 
cane sirup.
On September 12, 1930, Crausbay-Alexander & Co., having appeared as 
claimants for the property, a decree was entered adjudging the product mis- 
branded, and it was ordered by the court that the said product be released to- 
the claimants upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $2,000, conditioned in part that it be relabeled so that it comply with the 
Federal food and drugs act.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.