14485. Adulteration and misbranding? of raspberry jam.     TJ. S. v. 233 Cases
of Raspberry Jam.     Consent decree of forfeiture entered.     Prod- 
uct released to claimant.     (F. & D. No. 19868.    I. S. No. 22892-v.    S. No.
C-5006.) 
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On March 4, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
.Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 233 cases of raspberry jam, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Hudson Valley Pure Food Co., Highland, N. Y., on or about December 6," 
1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Missouri, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: " Ballardvale Brand Pure Raspberry 
Jam Distributed by United Drug Company Boston, Mass." -  
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, excessive sugar, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce, lower or injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article. 
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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "Pure Kasp- j 
berry Jam," borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and j 
misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was offered for sale \ 
under the distinctive name of another article.     ~ 
On May 5, 1925, the United Drug Co., St Louis, Mo., claimant, having ad- ' 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a ' 
decree, judgment of forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court < 
that the product be released to the said claimant upon the filing of a certificate 
that it had been relabeled in compliance with the law, and it was further* ; 
ordered that the claimant pay the costs of the proceedings.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture. ,