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* 15081. Adulteration of rum drops. U. S. v, 52 Boxes and 20 Boxes of Rum 
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-Drops.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc-
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tion.     (F. & D. No. 21345.    I. S. Nos. 12298-x, 12299-x.    S. No. C-5250.)
! On or about October 27, 1926, the United States attorney for-^the Eastern Dis- 
?? trict of Michigan, 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 52 one-pound boxes and 20 five-pound boxes of rum drops, 
, l'emaining in the original unbroken packages at Detroit, Mich., consigned June 
' 19, 1926, alleging that the article had been shipped by D'Orlando & Co., from 
' Boston, Mass., and transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State 
. of Michigan, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drags act. 
" The article was labeled in part: "Marathon .Chocolates Genuine Rum Drops 
?   * . *    *   D'Orlando Company Boston, Mass."
'It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in violation of
section 7 of said act, in the case of confectionery, in that it contained a spirit-
v   uous liquor, alcohol, and, in the case of food, in that it consisted in whole or in
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance. 
<        On December 7, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and torfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W, M. JARDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.