3 0579. Adulteration and misbranding of table sirup. U. S. v. Dad's Quality 
Syrup Co. Plea of nolo contendere. Pine, $300. (F. D. C. No. 15546. 
Sample Nos. 34921-F, 34922-F, 63376-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : January 28,1946, Northern District of Florida, against the 
Dad's Quality Syrup Co., a partnership, Gainesville, Fla.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 13 and August 12, 1944, from the State 
of Florida into the State of Georgia.
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of Cane and Maple Syrup By Geo. W. Dreblow & Son Gainesville, Fla.," or 
"It's Different Dad's Best Quality Pure Sugar Cane Syrup."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Maple Leaf Brand Syrup, adulteration, Section 402 (b) (4), 
artificial flavoring and artificial coloring had been added to the article and 
mixed and packed with it so as to make it appear to be maple sirup, which 
is better and of greater value than the article. Misbranding, Section 403 (a), 
the statement "Maple Leaf * * * Syrup" appearing in large conspicuous 
type on the label of the article, and the design of a maple leaf prominently 
displayed on the labels, were misleading in that they represented and suggested 
and engendered the impression in the mind -of the reader that the article 
consisted of maple sirup. The article did not consist of maple sirup but con- 
sisted of an artificially flavored and artificially colored mixture of sugar, or 
sugars, and water, containing an insignificant amount of maple sirup; Section 
403 (c), the article was an imitation of another food, maple sirup, and its 
label failed to bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imita- 
tion" and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated; and, Section 
403 (k), the article contained artificial flavoring and artificial coloring and 
failed to bear labeling stating that fact.
Pure Sugar Cane Syrup, adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a mixture of 
sugar, water, invert sugar, and gjueose, containing little or no cane sirup, 
had been substituted in whole or in part for cane sirup, which the article was 
represented to be. Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement "Pure Sugar 
Cane Syrup" on the label was false and misleading since the article was 
not cane sirup but was a mixture of sugar, invert sugar, water, and (in a 
portion) glucose, with little or no cane sirup; and, Section 403 (i) (2), the 
article failed to bear a label containing the common or usual name of each of 
its ingredients, since its label failed to bear a statement that it contained 
sugar, invert sugar, water, and (in a portion) glucose.
DISPOSITION: June 12, 1946. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered 
on behalf of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $50 on each count, 
a total fine of $300.