0132.   Adulteration     and     Misbranding of     Wood's      Special     Concentrated
Sweetener. V. S. * * * v. 4 1-Pound Cans of Wood's Special 
Concentrated Sweetener. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13004. I. S. No. 9349-r. S. No. 
C-2011.)
On July 8, 1920, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Ala- 
bama, 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 con- 
demnation of an article labeled in part, " Wood's Special Concentrated Sweet- 
ener 500—500 Soluble in Cold Water. Not sold as a drug. W. B. Wood Manu- 
facturing Company, St. Louis, Mo. 1 Pound net," remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Troy, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about June 25, 1920, by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., and trans- 
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Alabama, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted of a mixture of sugar, about 32 per cent, and 
sodium salt of saccharin.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that an 
imitation sweetener had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly 
or in part for, the article, and for the further reason that it contained an 
added deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharin, which might render the article 
injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label of 
the article, " Special Concentrated Sweetener 500," was false and misleading 
and deceived and misled the purchaser in that it represented the article as 
being five hundred times sweeter than sugar, when it was not. Misbranding 
was alleged for the further reason that the article was an imitation of, and 
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On January 7, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.