5603. Adulteration of carbonated beverages.    XT. S. v. 6,000 Gases of Carbonated
Beverages. Default decree of condemnation. Beverage contents ordered 
destroyed, with provision for the sale of the empty bottles.    (F. D. C. No.
10790.   Sample No. 43110-F.)
On or about October 5, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of 
Oregon filed a libel against 6,000 cases, each containing 12 bottles, of carbonated 
beverages at Portland, Oreg., alleging that a portion of the article (2,000 cases) 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 22,1943, from Chicago, 
HI, by the Liberty Bott. (Liberty Bottling Co.) ; and charging that it was adul- 
terated. This portion of the article was labeled in part: (Bottles) "Chicago's 
Favorite Carbonated Beverage."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a valuable constituent, sugar, had 
been in part omitted therefrom, in that saccharin had been substituted for mate- 
rial amounts of sugar, and in that saccharin, having no food value, had been 
added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce the quality or 
strength of the beverages.
On November 18, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and the beverage contents of the bottles were ordered 
destroyed, with provisions for the sale" of the empty bottles. (See notices of 
judgment on foods, Nos. 5602 and 5604, for the disposition of the remaining 4,000 
cases.)