27692. Adulteration and misbranding of boiled elder. J. S. v. 14 Cases of 
Boiled Pure Apple Cider. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 39200.    Sample No. 23970-C.)
This product contained excessive arsenic and lead, and the bottle label failed 
to bear a statement of the quantity of the contents.
On April 5, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Montana, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 cases of boiled cider at Missoula, 
Mont., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about November 2, 1936, by Keller-Lorenz Co. from Spokane, Wash., and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Bottles) "Pure Juice Autumn 
Crushing K-L Boiled Pure Apple Cider Keller-Lorenz Co. Spokane, Wash. Net 
1 [the word 'Gallon' had been scratched]." The bottles actually were 12-ounce 
size.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and other deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered 
it injurious to health.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements "Pure Juice" and "Pure 
Apple Cider" were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser when applied to an article containing deleterious ingredients, arsenic 
and lead; misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was 
food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and 
conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On June 18, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.