26549. Adulteration and misbranding of fruit crystals. IT. S. v. 5 Cases and 2 
Cases of Wonder Fruit Crystals. Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. noa. 37910, 37911.    Sample nos. 8341-C, 8342-C.)
These cases involved products consisting of mixtures of tartaric acid and 
sugar, artificially colored and slightly flavored with citrus oils, which were 
represented to be dehydrated orange, lemon, and lime juices, respectively.
On July 24, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of seven cases of 
assorted orange, lemon, and lime units, Wonder Fruit Crystals at Philadelphia, 
Pa., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about July 18 and July 20, 1936, by Molded Products Co., from Buffalo, N. Y., 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act The articles were in wax containers molded in the shape of an orange, 
lemon, or lime and were labeled: (Tag) "'Wonder Fruit' Crystals * * * 
Molded Products Co., Buffalo, N. Y."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that mixtures of tartaric acid 
and sugar, artificially colored and slightly flavored with citrus oils, had been 
mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce or lower their quality or strength 
and had been substituted in part for dried orange, lemon, or lime juice, which 
the articles purported to be; and in that they were mixed and colored in a 
manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged in that the following devices, designs, and state- 
ments were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser : The device or design of a molded wax orange, lemon, or lime and the 
statements, (tag) "'* * * Fruit' Crystals"; (display card) "Use Lemons 
in Iced Tea, for making lemon pie, etc." Misbranding was alleged further 
in that the articles were offered for sale under the distinctive names of other 
articles.
On October 26, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and it was ordered that the products be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.