10999.?Misbranding  of cane and  maple  sirup.     U.  S.  v. 27  Cans,  et  al,  of
Cane and Maple Sirup. Consent decree of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 15977. I. S.?
Nos. 4503-t, 4504-t, 4505-t.    S. No. C-3428.)
On February 13, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Minne??
sota, 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 condemna??
tion of 27 cans, 10 pounds each, 134 cans, 5 pounds each, and 163 cans, 2^?
pounds each, of cane and maple sirup, remaining in the original and unbroken?
packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
the Vincent Syrup Co., Denver, Colo., January 13, 1922, and transported from?
the State of Colorado into the State of Minnesota, and charging misbranding?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled?
in part: (Cans) "A No. 1 Vincent's Leader Cane and Maple Syrup * * *?
Vincent Syrup Co., Denver, Colo. 10 Lbs. Net" (or "5 Lbs. Net': or "2J?
Lbs. Net").
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the respective statements, appearing on the various sized cans containing?
the article, to wit, " 10 Lbs. Net," or " 5 Lbs. Net," or " 2J Lbs. Net," were false,?
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was?
alleged for the further reason that the article was food in package form, and?
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the?
outside of the package, since the statements thereon were incorrect.
On May 20. 1922, the Vincent Syrup Co., Denver, Colo., and the Piggly Wiggly?
Minnesota Co., having entered their appearances as joint claimants for the?
property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna??
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product be released to the said claimants upon payment of the costs of the?
proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with?
section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the cans be refilled or relabeled?
so as to comply with the provisions of the said act.
C. W. PUGSUIY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.