22065. Adulteration and misbranding of fruit sirups. U, S. v. Savoy Drug & Chemical Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. no. 28078. I. S. nos. 41751, 41752, 41753.) This case was based on an interstate shipment of products which were rep- resented to consist of fruit sirups but which were found to contain less fruit than standard fruit sirups, the raspberry and orange being artificially colored and the cherry containing added artificial flavor, benzaldehyde. The state- ment of the quantity of the contents was not made in terms of liquid measure. On July 8, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an information against the Savoy Drug & Chemical Co., a cor- poration, Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said company under the name of the Ardo Co., in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 18„ 1931, from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, of quantities of products invoiced as " Raspberry Juice ", " Orange Juice '*, and " Cherry Juice '\ respectively, which were adulterated and misbranded. One of the lots was labeled in part: " One Pound Dernehl's * * * Raspberry Juice With Cane Sugar Fruit Acid Added * * * Distributed by A. Dernehl & Sons Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin." The other lots bore similar labels with the exception of the name of the variety, " Orange " or " Cherry." It was alleged in the information that the raspberry and orange sirups were adulterated in that cane sirup products flavored with raspberry or orange con- centrates containing but negligible amounts of natural raspberry or orange juices, and which were colored with undeclared artificial color, had been substituted for raspberry juice with cane sugar, and orange juice with cane sugar, which the articles purported to be. Adulteration of the cherry sirup was alleged for the reason that a cane sirup product flavored with undeclared artificial flavor in imitation of cherry, and deficient in true cherry juice, and containing a negligible amount of cherry juice had been substituted for cherry juice with cane sugar, which the articles purported to be. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the raspberry and orange sirups were colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed, and in that the cherry- sirup had been mixed with undeclared artificial flavor in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " Raspberry Juice With Cane Sugar", " Orange Juice With Cane Sugar", " Cherry Juice With Cane Sugar ", together with the pictorial designs of raspberries, oranges,, and cherries, borne on the labels, were false and misleading, and for the further reason that the articles were labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the articles were imitations of other articles, for the further reason that they were offered for sale, i.e., invoiced, under the distinctive names of other articles, namely, " Raspberry Juice ", " Orange Juice ", and " Cherry Juice ", and for the further reason that they were food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the packages, since they were liquid products and the packages- bore no statement as to the quantity of the contents in terms of liquid measure. On February 15,1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.