30595. Adulteration of maple sirup.     IT. S. v. S3 Drums and 67 Drums of Maple
Sirup. Consent decrees of condemnation. Product released under 
bond to be deleaded. (F. & D. Nos. 45296, 45338. Sample Nos. 60001-D, 
60007-D.)
Analyses of this product showed that it contained lead.
On May 15, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, act- 
ing upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 150 drums of maple sirup at Burlington, 
Vt.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about May 1 and May 3, 
1939, by United Maple Products, Ltd., in part from De Kalb Junction, N. Y., 
and in part from Edwards, 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 injurious 
to health. 
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On May 24, 1939, United Maple Products, Ltd., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered, and the prod- 
uct was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be deleaded under the 
supervision of this Department,
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.