049. Adulteration of maple sirup. V. S. v. 4 Drums of Maple Sirup. Default 
decree of condemnation. Product ordered destroyed and. containers 
salvaged.    (F. D. C. No. 1996.   Sample No. 14586-E.)
This product contained lead.
On May 21, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania filed a libel against four drums of maple sirup at Philadelphia, 
Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce Ğm or 
about October 31, 1939, by De Witt Grocery Co. from Brattleboro, Vt.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it contained a poisonous or deleterious 
substance, lerd, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On June 8, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was. 
entered-and it was ordered that the sirup Use destroyed and that the drams be 
returned to the shipper.
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