NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2421.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U.   S.   -v.  30  Jug-s   Orangeade   Syrup.   Decree   of  condemnation   »y   default.
Goods  ordered  destroyed.
ABULTEEATION AND MISBRANDING OF ORANGEADE SYRUP.
On February 8, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the Supreme Court of said District, holding a district court, 
a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 30 jugs of orangeade- 
syrup, remaining unsold and in the original unbroken packages in 
the possession of Charles J. Stein, trading as Stein Bros., Washing- 
ton, D. C, alleging that the product had been shipped on or about 
June 14, 1911, from the State of Missouri into the District of Co- 
lumbia, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Blanke-Baer's 
Cone. Syrup. Orangeade. Preserved with 1/10 of 1% Benzoate of 
Soda & Artificially Colored. Compound. Blanke-Baer Chemical 
Co., Offices & Laboratories 212-216 S. 7th St., St. Louis, Mo. Con- 
centrated Syrup. Directions. To make Fountain Syrup. Dilute 
with 3 parts Simple Syrup.   Shake Well Before Diluting."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that said product was a compound or mixture in which citric acid 
and sugar had been substituted either in whole or in part for fresh 
orange juice or syrup, and the product was a preparation which had 
been colored and mixed by the addition of an artificial coloring mat- 
ter or substance in a manner whereby damage or inferiority was 
concealed, and in order to imitate a concentrated syrup of orange, 
and whereby the product, in fact, imitated and appeared to be a con- 
centrated syrup of orange or orangeade. Misbranding was alleged 
for the reason that the product was labeled and branded as afore-
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said so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser in that the labels and 
brands signified and imported that the product was concentrated 
syrup of orange, when, in truth and in fact, it was not a concentrated 
syrup orangeade but was a mixture or compound of citric acid, 
sugar, oil of orange, and artificial coloring matter.
On January 20, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the prop- 
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, the 
court finding the product adulterated and misbranded, and it was 
further ordered that said product should be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 7, 1918.
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