22926. Adulteration   and misbranding of   alleged   Scotch   whisky.    IT.   S.
v. 76 Bottles, et al., of Vat 6 Scotch Whisky. Decrees of 
condemnation. Portion of product released under bond to be 
relabeled. Remainder destroyed. (F. & D. nos. 32037, 32038, 32071, 
32080. Sample nos. 46611-A, 46612-A, 58255-A, 58256-A, 58261-A, 58262-A, 
58265-A, 58266-A.)
These cases involved alleged Scotch whisky which consisted in whole or 
in part of diluted alcohol of domestic origin.
On March 1 and March 3, 1934, the United States attorneys for the Dis- 
tricts of Rhode Island and the Eastern District of Louisiana, acting upon 
reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the respective district courts 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 112 cases and 92 bottles of alleged 
Scotch whisky, in various lots at Providence and Pawtucket, R. I., and New
Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
between the dates of December 26, 1933, and January 11, 1934, in part by 
Joseph Beck Sons, Inc., from New York, N. Y., into the States of Rhode 
Island and Louisiana, and in part by the Narragansett Distributing Co., 
from Boston, Mass., into the State of Rhode Island, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Vat 6 Old Scotch Whiskey A Blend Blended and Bottled 
by Joseph Beck Sons, Inc., New York, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that alcohol of domestic origin 
had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower its quality 
and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article; and in that 
it had been mixed in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Old Scotch 
Whisky " and the design of a bust of a Scotchman in native garb, appearing 
on the label, were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser; and for the further reason that the article was offered for 
sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On May 17, 1934, judgment was entered in the Eastern District of Louisiana 
condemning the product libeled in that district and ordering that it be re- 
leased to the claimant under a bond in the sum of $4,200, conditioned that 
it be relabeled under the supervision of this Department On September 5, 
1934, no claimant appearing in the cases instituted in the District of Rhode 
Island, judgments of condemnation, forefeiture, and destruction were entered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.