8355. Adulteration and misbranding of griddlecake sirup.   U. S. v. 40 Cases and
47 Bottles of Griddlecake Sirup. Consent decree of condemnation. 
Product released under bond.    (F. D. C. No. 14402.    Sample No. 88152-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 13, 1944, District of Maine; amended January 26, 1945.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of July 24 and October 
5,1944, by the J. G. Generalis Co., from Boston, Mass.    "
PRODUCT: 32 cases, each containing 24 bottles, 8 cases, each containing 12 bottles, 
and 47 bottles, of griddlecake sirup.
LABEL IN PART: (Bottles) "Victory V Seal Griddle Cake Syrup Contains 25 
[or "50"] % Pure Vermont Maple Syrup."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
maple sugar or maple sirup, had been in whole or in part omitted from the 
product; and, Section 402 (b) (2), an artificially flavored and colored sugar 
sirup had been substituted for griddlecake sirup containing 25 percent (or 
50 percent)  maple sirup, which the label represented the product to .be.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement, "Contains 25 [or "50"]% 
Pure Vermont Maple Syrup," was false and misleading as applied to the 
product, which was an artificially flavored and colored sugar sirup con- 
taining an insignificant amount of maple sirup; and, Section 403 (c), the 
product was an imitation of another food, i.e., "Griddle Cake Syrup Contains 
25 [or "50"]% Pure Vermont Maple Syrup," and its label failed to bear, in 
type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation" and, immediately 
thereafter, the name of the food imitated.
DISPOSITION : February 2, 1945. J. G. Generalis, trading as the J. G. Generalis 
Co., having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered. On March 3,1945, upon petition by the claimant, the court ordered 
the product released under bond for relabeling under the supervision of the 
Food and Drug Administration.