10355. Adulteration of beer.    U. S. v. 324 Bottles    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 21759.
Sample No. 69312-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about November 23, 1946, Western District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 7,1946, by the Atlantic Brewing Co., 
from Chicago, Ill.
PBODTXST :   324   y2 -gallon bottles of beer at Benton Harbor, Mich.
LABEL, IN PART:   "Tavern   Beer   Pale."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the article contained an 
added poisonous and deleterious substance, monochloracetic acid, which is 
unsafe within the meaning of the law since it is a substance not required in the 
production of the article and could have been avoided by good manufacturing 
practice.
DISPOSITION: December 20, 1946. No claim having been made for the beer, 
judgment was entered ordering that the beer be destroyed and that the bottles 
and other containers be returned to the shipper or consignee.