16676. Misbranding of table sirnp.     V. S. v. 3% Cases, et al., of Table Sirup.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,   and   sale.     (P.   & Di.
No. 23657.    I. S. No. 07464.    S. No. 1901.)
On May 2, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of New Mexico, 
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 con- 
demnation of 3% cases of half-gallon cans, 2% cases of quart cans, and 4*4 
cases of pint cans of table sirup, remaining unsold in the original packages 
at Roswell, N. Mex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Early- 
Coffee Co., from Denver, Colo., on or about January 26, 1929, and 
transported from the State of Colorado into the State of New Mexico, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: "After All None So Good Early's Blue Label Table Syrup 
* * * Contents: Corn syrup with cane sugar, Imitation Maple Flavored 
Contains TV of 1% of Benzoate of Soda. Manufactured by the Early Coffee 
Co., Denver,  Colorado."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that it was am 
imitation of another article and was not so labeled.
On August 9, 1929, 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 labeled as imitation maple sirup and sold by the United 
States marshal.
ARTHXJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.