29201. Adulteration and misbranding of lemon mixer.     XT. S. v. 10 Cartons of
Lemon Mixer.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 41929.    Sample No. 2732-D.)
This product, which simulated lemon juice in appearance, consisted in 
fact of sugar, citric acid, water, artificial color, and citrus-oil flavor, but con- 
tained little or no fruit' juice.
On March 10, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 cartons of lemon mixer at 
Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about February 18, 1938, from San Francisco, Calif., by Lyons- 
Magnus, Inc.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The article was labeled in part: "Lyons Handy Mix Lemon Mixer * * * 
The E. G. Lyons and Baas Co., San Francisco, California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance consisting of 
sugar, citric acid, water, artificial color, and citfus-oil flavor with little or no 
fruit juice had been substituted in whole or in part for the article; and in that 
it had been mixed and packed in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement "Lemon Mixer" was false and 
misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to an 
article consisting of the aforesaid substances; and in that it was an imitation 
of another article, lemon juice.
On July 8, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.