29303. Adulteration of maple strap.    THE. S. v. 60 Drams and 62 Drums of Maple
Sirup.    Product released under bond to be deleaded.     (F. & D. Nos. 42385, 
42386.    Sample Nos. 12384-D, 12385-D, 14257-D, 14260-D.)
This product contained lead.
On May 18, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 122 drums of maple sirup at St 
Johnsbury, Vt; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about April 26, 1938, by T. J. Ford in part from Cincinnatus, 
N. Y., and in part from McGraw, N. Y.; and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it in- 
jurious to health.
On June 24, 1938, T. J. Ford, St. Regis Falls, N. Y., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgments were entered ordering that the product 
be released under bond, conditioned that it be released and all injurious in- 
gredients removed under the supervision of this Department.
HABET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.