16461. Adulteration and misbranding of maple sirup.   U. S. v. 7 Cases   *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 29327.    Sample No. 74503-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    May 22,1950, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about April 24, 1950, from Towanda, Pa.
PRODUCT: 7 cases, each containing 12 bottles, of maple sirup at Jeffersonville, 
N. Y.
LABEL, IN PART: (Bottle) "100% Pure Maple Syrup Made from Pure Sap of 
Hard Maple Wood Trees    *    *   *   One Quart   *    *    *   Net Weight 2% Lbs."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a sugar sirup artificially 
flavored to simulate maple sirup had been substituted for maple sirup, which 
the product purported to be.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "First 1950 Run 100% 
Pure Maple Syrup Made from Pure Sap of Hard Maple Wood Trees" were 
false and misleading since the product was sugar sirup artificially flavored to 
simulate maple sirup, and the label designation "One Quart" was false and 
misleading since the bottles contained less than one quart.
DISPOSITION : June 19, 1950. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a charitable institution.