10362. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   concentrated   sweetener.     XI.   S.
* * * v. 5 Cans of Sweetener. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 14963. I. S. No. 
2077-t.     S. No. C-3068.)
On or about August 3, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Mississippi, 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 5 cans of concentrated sweetener, at Water Valley, Miss., 
consigned by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article 
had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., about July 1, 1920, and transported from 
the State of Missouri into the State of Mississippi, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Wood's Special Concentrated Sweetener. * * * W. B. 
Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it contained a deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharin, and for the further 
reason that an imitation product had been substituted for food sweetener, which 
the article purported to be.
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.
On April 17, 1922, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.