28488. Adulteration of maple sirup.     U. S. v. 1 Drum of Maple Sirup.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 39596.    Sample No. 
20803-C.)
This product contained excessive lead.
On May 14, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of one drum of maple sirup at Rutland, Vt., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
April 22,1937, from Merriam, N. Y., by G. J. Barnaby, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to 
health.
On January 17, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.