30185. Adulteration of whisky.   U. S. v. 7% Cases and 41 Pint Bottles of Whisky
and 1 other seizure against the same product). Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44538, 44556. Sample Nos. 
34351-D, 34352-D, 34362-D, 34363-D.)
This product contained excessive quantities of an aldehyde.
On December 16 and December 20, 1938, the United States attorney for the 
District of Columbia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 7% cases, each 
containing 12 quart bottles, 78 pint bottles, and 31 quart bottles of whisky at 
Washington, D. C.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce by Philip Blum & Co., Inc., from Chicago, Ill., within the period from on 
or about October 8, 1938, to on or about October 24, 1938; and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Old Curtis Brand * * * Straight Bourbon Whisky Bottled by Wakem & 
McLaughlin, Inc., Chicago, Ill. * * * Distilled by Tom Moore Distillery Co. 
Bardstown, Kentucky."
Adulteration was alleged in that a substance containing excessive quantities 
of an aldehyde had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce or 
lower its quality or strength and had been substituted wholly or in part for 
whisky, which the article purported to be.
On February 14, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.