29141. Adulteration of maple sirup.     U. S. v. 53 Drums of Maple Sirup.     Consent
decree releasing product under bond for deleadlng.     (F. & D. No. 42412. 
Sample No. 14267-D.)
This product contained lead.
On May 18, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 53 drums of maple sirup at St. Albans, 
Vt.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about April 26, 1938, from Harrisville, N. Y., by J. H. Brigham; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to 
health.
On May 26, 1938, the American Maple Products Corporation, claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, the product was ordered released under 
bond conditioned that it be deleaded.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.