14551. Adulteration and misbranding of sirup.   U. S. v. 45 Cases    *    *    *, J
(F.D.C. No. 22619.   Sample No. 60969-H.) 
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LIBEL FILED :   March 10,1947, Western District of Pennsylvania. 
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ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 19. 1946. by the Independent Dairy  i
Co., from New York, N. Y. 
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PRODUCT:   45 cases, each containing 24   16-ounce bottles, of sirup at Johnstown,  I
Pa.

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LABEL IN PART:   "Big Maple Brand   Pure Maple Pancake Syrup   Pure Cane |
Sugar Syrup, Pure Maple Syrup   *    *    *    Manufactured by Big Maple Food !
Products   New York City. N. Y." 

NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)  (2), a mixture of unrefined I
sugar sirup, corn sirup, and water, with a small amount of maple sirup, and con- j
taining less soluble solids than maple sirup, had been substituted for "Pure I
Maple Pancake Syrup." which the product was represented to be. 
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Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "Big Maple Brand Pure i
Maple Pancake Syrup Pure Cane Sugar Syrup, Pure Maple Syrup," and the $
design of maple trees, were false and misleading. 
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DISPOSITION :   February 18. 1949.   A default decree was entered ordering the ¦
product delivered to charitable institutions. 
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