11677.?Adulteration and misbranding of assorted jellies.    V. S. v. 50 Cases
of Assorted Jellies. Decree of condemnation. Product ordered?
disposed of according to law. (F. & D. No. 16880. I. S. Nos. 7906-v,?
7907-v, 7908-v, 7909-v.    S. No. W-1221.)
On October 19, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 50 cases of assorted jellies, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., consigned by the Tern tor Corn & Fruit?
Products Co., St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the articles had been shipped from?
St. Louis, Mo., on or about May 11, 1921, and transported from the State of?
Missouri into the State of California, and charging adulteration and misbrand-
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ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The articles were?
labeled in part: " Gold Seal * * * Brand Jelly 67? Corn Syrup 18? Fruit?
Juices From Fresh Apples " (or " Apples & Raspberries " or " Apples ?& Grapes "?
or "Apples & Plums ") " With 15? Granulated Sugar Apple " (or " Raspberry "?
or "Grape" or "Plum") " Best-Clymer Mfg. Co. St. Louis, Mo."
Adulteration of the articles was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
products composed essentially of glucose sugar, pectin, and phosphoric acid,?
containing little, if any, fruit juices, had been mixed and packed therewith so?
as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect their quality and strength and?
had been substituted wholly or in part for the said articles. Adulteration of?
the plum, grape, and raspberry jellies was alleged for the further reason that?
the articles had been colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement,?
" 18? Fruit Juices," appearing on the labels of the articles, and the statements,?
" Fresh Apples & Raspberries    *    *    *    Raspberry," " Fresh Apples & Grapes
*?* * Grape," " Fresh Apples & Plums * * * Plum," as the case might?
be, appearing on the labels of certain of the said articles, were false and mis??
leading and deceived and misled the purchaser thereof. Misbranding was?
alleged for the further reason that the articles were imitations of and offered?
for sale under the distinctive names of other articles, and for the further reason?
that they were food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was?
not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On December 18, 1922, the Best-Clymer Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., having ap??
peared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture?
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the products be disposed of?
according to law.
HOWARD M. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.