14423. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   chocolate   products., V.   S.   v.   3
Cases and 3 Cases of Chocolate Products. Default decree of con- 
demnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (P.  &  D.  No.   21005.    I.   S.
Nos. 12136-x, 12137-x.    S. No. C-5047.)
On or about April 5, 1926, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in Hie District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 6 cases of chocolate products, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Royal Cocoa Co., from Camden, N. J., December 8, 1925 [and 
January 15, 1926], and transported from the State of New Jersey into the 
State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the food and drugs,act.. A portion of the article^was.laheledjn.part 4 _< Case)-* 
"100 lbs. Buttercup Pure Choc. Liq. from Royal Cocoa Co., Camden, N. J." 
The remainder of the said article was labeled in part:   (Case)   "Choc. Ctg."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub-    - 
stance, to wit, excessive shells, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements " Choc Liq." ", 
and " Choc. Ctg," borne on the labels, were false and misleading and deceived - 
and misled the purchaser when applied to an article containing excessive shells,    j
On June 22, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment \ 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was orderedJt>y the court j 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshaL ;:--^-;Z- - ;.;   ]
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.