6455. Adulteration and misbranding of imitation maple sirup.    U. S. v. 414 Cases
and 393 Cases of Imitation Maple Syrup.    Consent decrees of condemna- 
.    tion.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 11819, 12852. 
Sample Nos. 30047-F, 30050-F, 55968-F, 55969-F, 64883-F.)
LIBELS FILED:   March 18 and July 18, 1944, Western District of Washington.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about December 2, 1943, and January 22, 1944, by
the Whitehall Food Manufacturing Corporation, from Brooklyn, N. Y., and
Kingsland, N. J.
PRODUCT:   393 eases, each containing 12 quart bottles, and 414 cases, each con- 
taining 4   1-gallon jugs of imitation maple sirup at Seattle, Wash. 
Examination showed that the product was fermented. 
LABEL IN PART:   "Maison Royal Pancake [or "Imitation Maple"] Syrup."
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement on the labeling, "Made from 
pure cane sugar syrup," was false and misleading as applied to the article, which 
was a sugar and water solution, containing about 55 percent of sugar in one lot 
and 59 percent of sugar in the remaining lot, whereas the established standard 
for sugar sirup requires that it shall contain not less than 65 percent of sugar.
DISPOSITION : April 12 and September 13, 1944. The Whitehall Food Manufac- 
turing Corp., claimant for one lot, and Ruben E. Lovgren, trading as Ferry 
Concessions, claimant for the remainder, having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond for segregation and relabeling of the fit portion under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.