25198. Adulteration   and misbranding of   honey.     TT.   S.   v.   88   Jars   of   Tasty
Brand Pure Honey.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.    (F. & D. no. 35870.    Sample nos. 42322-B, 42329-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of honey, so-called, which was 
found to be a mixture of sucrose and commercial gluco.se and to contain little 
or no honey.
On August 7, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 88 jars of a product 
described as honey at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 28, 1985, by the Ordower Dist. 
Co. from Newark, N. J., and that it was adulterated and misbranded in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: "Tasty Brand Pure 
Honey Ordower Dist. Co. Newark, N. J."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a mixture of sucrose and 
commercial glucose containing little or no honey had been substituted for pure 
honey which the product purported to be.
The article was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that the statement on the 
label, "Pure Honey", was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mis- 
lead the purchaser when applied to a mixture of sucrose and commercial 
glucose containing little or no honey, and (2) in that it was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, honey.
On September 5, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
destroyed.
W. R. GREAT, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.