14637. Adulteration and misbranding1 of sugar.    TJ. S. v. 116 Bags of Sugar.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture entered. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 15385. I. S. No. 9090-t. S. No. 
E-3581.)
On September 14, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of North Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 116 bags of sugar, at Mt. Airy, N. C, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by M. Batencourt, from New York, N. Y., May 22, 
1920, and transported from the State of New York into the State of North 
Carolina, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that sweep- 
ings, water, splinters, strings and various refuse matter had been mixed with 
and substituted wholly or in part for the said article. Adulteration was 
alleged for the further reason that the article consisted wholly or in part of 
filthy vegetable matter and substances unfit for human consumption.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation 
of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, and 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.
On October 11, 1926, the G. C. Lovell Co., Mt Airy, N. C, having appeared 
as claimant for the property, and the court having found that the allegations 
of the libel had been admitted, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the 
said claimant upon the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,000, conditioned 
in part that it not be disposed of contrary to law.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.