9620. Adulteration of orange-julep sirup.     U. S.     *     *     *     v. 4 Barrels and
11 Half-Barrels   of Orange-Julep  Sirup.     Decree  of  condemnation 
and  forfeiture.     Product   ordered   released   on   bond.     (F.   &' D.  No.
10225.    I. S. No. 15702-r.    S. No. E-1373.)
On May 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 4 barrels and 11 half-barrels of orange-julep sirup, remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about April 22, 1919, by the Southern Fruit Julep 
Co., Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into the State 
of Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Howel's Orange-Julep Syrup Non Intoxi- 
cating Artificially Colored Contains i of 1% Benzoate of Soda. Howel's 
Original Orange-Julep " (design showing orange fruit) "Made From Fresh Ripe 
Fruit   Manufactured by Southern Fruit Julep Company    *    *    *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted of sugar sirup artificially colored with Orange [1] and con- 
tained .38 per cent of citric acid.
On May 24, 1919, the claimant, the Southern Fruit Julep Co., Baltimore, Md , 
having filed its answer, and the case having come on for final disposition, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, providing for the release 
of the product to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceed 
ings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 
10  of the  act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.