10339. Adulteration and misbranding of chow chow. U. S. v. 84 Cases of Chow Chow (and 3 other seizure actions against chow chow). Default decrees of condemnation. Portion of product ordered delivered to a charitable institution; remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 17627. 17628. 18392, 19447. Sample Nos. 472-H, 473-H, 1222-H, 1370-H.) LIBELS FILED : October 10 and December 27, 1945, and March 22, 1946, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 21, 27, and 29,1945, by M. Licht and Son, from Knoxville, Tenn. Brunswick, Ga. Each case contained 4 1-gallon jars. The 4 shipments of this product contained about 0.08, 0.11, 0.1, and 0.08 percent, respectively, of saccharin. These quantities of saccharin are the equivalent of 25 to 30 percent of sugar. LABEL IN PART: "Smoky Mountain Sweet Chow Chow." NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing saccharin, which has *no food value, had been substituted in whole or in part for sweet chow chow. Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label designation "Sweet Chow Chow" was false and misleading. Sweet chow chow should contain, according to trade and consumer understanding, approximately 25 percent of sugar as its sweetening ingredient. The product, however, contained saccharin as its added sweetening ingredient, which has no food value and which is not a normal or expected ingredient of sweet chow chow. DISPOSITION: November 9, 1945, and February 18 and June 27, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered. The Brunswick lot was ordered delivered to a charitable institution, and the 3 re- maining lots were ordered destroyed.