12822. Adulteration of wine.    IT.  S. v.  144 Cases,  etc.   (and 32  other seizure
actions). (F. D. C. Nos. 22247, 22249, 22250, 22444, 22452, 22464, 22465, 
22480 to 22486, incl., 22491 to 22494, incl., 22515, 22525, 22526, 22605, 22752, 
22753, 22785, 22786, 22822, 22824, 22829, 22834, 22849, 22850, 22993. Sample 
Nos. 14918-H to 14923-H, incl., 14996-H to 14999-H, incl., 15508-H, 15509-H, 
40081-H, 40082-H, 40557-H to 40559-H, incl., 48834-H, 50519-H, 51982-H, 
51983-H, 52788-H to 52790-H, incl., 52792-H to 52795-H, incl., 52797-H, 
53655-H, 53656-H, 53672-H, 53841-H, 53845-H to 53848-H, incl., 53943-H, 
53944-H, 53949-H to 53955-H, incl., 54041-H, 54116-H, 54117-H, 69098-H, 
69333-H to 69336-H, incl., 69834-H, 73120-H to 73124-H, incl., 73667-H, 
77041-H, 77050-H to 77052-H, incl., 77056-H, 77057-H, 77107-H to 77110-H, 
incl.)
LIBELS FILED : Between January 29 and April 30,1947, Eastern District of Ken- 
tucky, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, Northern and Southern 
Districts of Indiana, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, Eastern Dis- 
trict of Missouri, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, District of 
Minnesota, and Western and Northern Districts of Texas,
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of June 25, 1946, and 
January 22, 1947, by the Wine Corporation of America, from Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT: 5,621 cases and 9 %-gallon jugs of wine at Covington, Ky.; Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin Rapids, La Crosse, and Stevens Point, Wis.; South Bend, 
Indianapolis, and Gary, Ind.; Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland, Akron, Canton, 
Dayton, Lorain, Chillicothe, and Columbus, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; Lansing, 
Grand Rapids, and Bay City, Mich.; Minneapolis, Minn.; and San Antonio and 
Dallas, Tex. The cases contained 24 1-pint bottles, 12 fifth-gallon bottles, 6 
y2- gallon bottles, or 4  1-gallon jugs of the product.
Analyses disclosed that the various lots of the product contained mono- 
chloracetic acid in amounts ranging from 57 to 432 parts per million.
LABEL IN PART : "American Mogen David Wine A Sweet Kosher Grape Wine," 
"Barloma American Blackberry [or "White," or "Red"] Sweet Wine," "Bar- 
loma" American Blackberry [or "White"] Sweet Wine Produced & Bottled 
by California Wine Co., Chicago," "Mogen David American Blackberry Wine," 
"American Mogen David Wine A Sweet Kosher Grape Wine Produced and 
Bottled at the winery by California Wine Company, Chicago," "Barloma Brand 
American Light Port Wine," or "Blended Barloma Brand American Muscat 
[or "Light Sherry"] Wine * * * Bottled by California Wine Co., Chicago, 
111."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the article contained 
an added poisonous and deleterious substance, monochloracetic acid, which 
is unsafe within the meaning of Section 406.
DISPOSITION : Between February 28 and October 29, 1947. Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction.