6879. Adulteration and misbranding of maple sirup.    IT. S. v. 36 Cases of Maple
Syrup (and 2 other seizure actions against maple sirup). Default 
decrees of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to charitable insti- 
tutions. (F. D. C. Nos. 13025, 13026,13080. Sample Nos. 76230-F to 76232-F, 
incl., 82168-F.)
LIBELS FILED :    On or about July 26 and 31,1944, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    From on or about March 31 to June 16, 1944, by the
Tiffany Extract Co.,""Paterson, N. J.
PRODUCT: 12 1-gallon cans and 71 cases, each containing 24 6-ounce bottles, 
of maple sirup at New York, N. Y.
LABEL, IN PART: (Cans) "Pure Vermont MAPLE SYRUP * * * Made 
and put up by Will A. Chatfield, Bethel, Vermont," (bottles) "100% Grade A 
Pure Vermont Maple Syrup Sap," or "Roland 100% Grade A Pure Vermont 
Maple Syrup * * * Packed For American Roland Food Co. New York, 
N. Y."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
maple sugar or maple sirup or maple sap, had been in whole or in part omitted 
from the article; and,'Section 402 (b) (2), sugar sirup, containing (36 cases) more 
than 35 percent water and (all lots) containing little or no true maple sugar or 
maple sirup, had been substituted for maple sirup, which the article purported 
and was represented to be.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "100% Grade A Pure Ver- 
mont Maple Syrup Sap," and the design of a maple leaf and maple trees, or "100% 
Grade A Pure Vermont Maple Syrup Sap," and a design of maple trees, or "100% 
Grade A Pure Vermont MAPLE SYRUP" were false and misleading; Section 
403 (c), the article (36 cases and 12 cans) w;as an imitation of another food, 
maple sirup, and its label failed to bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, 
the word "imitation" and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imi- 
tated; and, Section 403 (i) (2), it was fabricated from two or more ingredients 
and its label failed to bear the common or usual name of each such ingredient.
DISPOSITION: Between August 21 and September 27, 1944. No claimant having 
appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was 
ordered distributed to charitable institutions.