S70S. Adulteration, and misbranding' of concentrated sweetener. U. S.?
* * * T. 1 Can Containing 5 Pounds of Alleged Concentrated?
Sweetener. Befaiilt decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 12677.    I. S. No. 9333-r.    S. No. C-2002.)
On June 29, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 1 can containing 5 pounds, more or less, of alleged concentrated sweetener,?
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Omaha, Nebr., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about Juae 11, 1920, by the W. B. Wood Mfg.?
Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into the Stat??
of Nebraska, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Wood's Special Con??
centrated Sweetener Soluble in Cold Water 5 pounds net. Not sold as a drug.?
W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that aa?
imitation product had been substituted wholly o-r in part for food sweetener,?
and for the further reason that said article contained an added deleterious?
ingredient, saccharin, which might render it injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of,?
and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, and for?
the further reason that the statement on the label, to wit, " Special Concen??
trated Sweetener 500," was false and misleading in that it represented said?
article as being 500 times sweeter than sugar, when it was not.
On September 3, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States- marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.