12831. Adulteration of beverage bases.    U. S. v. 2 Barrels    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
22330.    Sample Nos. 53907-H, 53908-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 30, 1946, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 20, 1946, by O Donnell & Co., from 
Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT: 1 20-gallon barrel of grape beverage base and 1 20-gallon barrel of 
orange beverage base at Norwalk, Ohio.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), saccharin, which has 
no food value, had been substituted in whole or in part for sugar in the articles; 
and, Section 402 (b) (4), saccharin had been mixed and packed with the ar- 
ticles so as to reduce their quality or strength and make them appear better 
and of greater value than they were.
DISPOSITION : March 13, 1947. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the products were ordered destroyed,