16459. Adulteration and misbranding of cane and maple sirup.   U. S. v. 49
Cases    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 29365.    Sample No. 79606-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 19,1950, District of Maine.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 19, 1949, and March 8, 1950, by S. C 
Clayton Co., Inc., from Boston, Mass.
PRODUCT: 49 cases, each containing 24 12-ounce bottles, of cane and maple sirup 
at Portland, Maine. Investigation disclosed that the product contained approxi- 
mately 6 percent maple sirup.
LABEL, IN PART: (Bottle) "Table Syrup Cane Syrup 80% Pure Maple Syrup 
20%    *    *   *   Nation Wide."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a sirup containing ap- 
proximately 6 percent maple sirup had been substituted for a sirup represented 
to contain 20 percent maple sirup.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Pure Maple Syrup 20%" 
was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION : June 30, 1950. The shipper of the product having consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the court 
ordered that the product be delivered to charitable institutions for their use, 
and not for sale.