18051. Adulteration and misbranding of whiskies, wines, and cordials.   U. S. v.
36,000 bottles   *   *   *.    (F. D. C No. 31647.   Sample No. 10932-L.)
Some of the bottles were labeled with various brands, some with partly 
burned labels, and some with no labels. The products had been involved in 
a warehouse fire at Henderson, Ky.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles were unfit 
for food by reason of the presence of fire-damaged beverages.
Misbranding, Sections 403 (e) (1) and (2), some of the bottles of the articles 
failed to bear labels containing the name and place of business of the manu- 
facturer, packer, or distributor, and an accurate statement of the quantity of 
the contents; and, Section 403 (i) (1), some of the labels failed to bear the 
common or usual name of the articles.
The products were adulterated and misbranded while held for sale after 
shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION: October 4, 1951. Stoney Crest, Inc., Louisville, Ky., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the products be released under bond to 
be brought into compliance with the law. The decree provided further that 
all whiskies or gins of a certain manufacturer be transferred to Philadelphia, 
Pa., the headquarters of that manufacturer, for the purpose of relabeling or 
rebottling any portion that was not adulterated, under the supervision of the 
local Alcohol Tax Unit, and redistillation of any portion that was not suitable 
for relabeling or rebottling; that all whiskies of another manufacturer be 
inspected before shipment, that any portion suitable for relabeling be trans- 
ferred to the manufacturer, at Peoria, Ill., for relabeling, under the supervision 
of the local Alcohol Tax Unit, and that any portion thereof not suitable for 
relabeling be rectified or redistilled at a licensed plant; that 4,000 cases of 
various wines be transferred to a winery at Louisville, Ky., to be reprocessed, 
, rebottled, or relabeled, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration, so as to be made suitable for human consumption; that 25 cases 
of Scotch whiskies, still in their original cartons, be examined, and if found 
fit for human consumption and not misbranded, be released to the, claimant ; 
and that all of the remaining miscellaneous beverages be transferred to a
,    rectifier and rectified or redistilled.