27688. Adulteration and misbranding of lemon cocktail mixer. V. S. v. 112 
Bottles of Cocktail Mixer Trufruit Brand Lemon. Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 39696.    Sample No. 20858-C.)
This product was labeled to convey the impression that it could be used as a 
base for fruitade.
Examination showed that it consisted of an artificially colored acid solution, 
containing citrus oils and benzoate of soda, and little or no lemon juice.
On June 9, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Rhode Island, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 112 bottles of lemon cocktail mixer at 
Providence, R. I., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 4, 1936, by the Trufruit Syrup Corporation from 
Brooklyn, N. Y., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Cocktail Mixer Trufruit 
Brand Lemon    *    *    *    Trufruit Syrup Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that an imitation lemon juice consisting of 
an artificially colored acid solution, citrus oils, and benzoate of soda, containing 
little or no lemon juice, had been substituted for lemon juice, which it purported 
to be, and in that it had been mixed and colored in a manner whereby inferiority 
was concealed.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements were false and 
misleading, and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to a 
mixture of an artificially colored acid solution, citrus oils, and benzoate of soda, 
containing little or no lemon juice, "Trufruit * * * Lemon"; and in that it 
was an imitation of another article, lemon juice.
On June 28, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.