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(Excerpt) BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty in Vermont federal court to selling mislabeled maple syrup.
Fifty-year-old Bernard Coleman of West Warwick, R.I., said he initially sold pure maple syrup over the Internet. But when the price of syrup increased, he decided to make his own out of water, sugar and maple flavoring. He said he made the syrup in his home and sold it since 2009.
A couple who bought about $220 worth of syrup from him doubted that it was authentic and had it tested by the state Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection. It was determined to be made from cane sugar.
Coleman pleaded guilty Thursday to introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead. He faces up to three years in prison. (End)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/fake-maple-syrup_n_1300241.html
Three years? He should get thirty years!!!
The good, old days have gone when one could expect real maple syrup with their breakfast pancakes at the local diner. Now some restaurant chains, known for their breakfast/brunch menu, charge an additional fee for a container of maple syrup, a container holding a tablespoon or two of syrup. What the hell is someone supposed to do with that? Now some low-life has been selling fake maple syrup. It's unconscionable.
The Mrs. and I are going to the sugar shack tomorrow for brunch and purchase our yearly supply of maple syrup, three gallons. Besides pancakes and waffles it makes great maple cookies, maple sugar pie and when mixed with a few other ingredients makes a rib glaze to die for.
Fifty-year-old Bernard Coleman of West Warwick, R.I., said he initially sold pure maple syrup over the Internet. But when the price of syrup increased, he decided to make his own out of water, sugar and maple flavoring. He said he made the syrup in his home and sold it since 2009.
A couple who bought about $220 worth of syrup from him doubted that it was authentic and had it tested by the state Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection. It was determined to be made from cane sugar.
Coleman pleaded guilty Thursday to introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead. He faces up to three years in prison. (End)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/fake-maple-syrup_n_1300241.html
Three years? He should get thirty years!!!
The good, old days have gone when one could expect real maple syrup with their breakfast pancakes at the local diner. Now some restaurant chains, known for their breakfast/brunch menu, charge an additional fee for a container of maple syrup, a container holding a tablespoon or two of syrup. What the hell is someone supposed to do with that? Now some low-life has been selling fake maple syrup. It's unconscionable.
The Mrs. and I are going to the sugar shack tomorrow for brunch and purchase our yearly supply of maple syrup, three gallons. Besides pancakes and waffles it makes great maple cookies, maple sugar pie and when mixed with a few other ingredients makes a rib glaze to die for.