14301. Adulteration of wine. U. S. v. 65 Cases, etc. (and 1 other seizure action). 
(F. D. C. No. 22733.   Sample Nos. 91033-H, 91203-H.)
LIBELS FIIJSD:   March 28, 1947, Southern District of New York.
EGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 24, 1947, by the Monte Carlo Wine 
Co., from New Brunswick, N. J.
PRODUCT; 65 cases, each containing 24 1-pint bottles, and 63 cases, each con- 
taining 12 fifth-gallon bottles, of blackberry wine, and 315 gallons of Ameri- 
can port wine, in a storage tank at New York, N. Y. The wine had been 
received in bulk, and a portion had been bottled by the consignee.
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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 manufactur- 
ing practice. (Analysis showed that the product contained monochloracetic 
acid in amounts ranging from 245 to 250 parts per million.)
DISPOSITION: October 22, 1947. Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction.
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