21070. Adulteration of strawberry preserves.    U. S. v. 87 Cases of Straw¬
berry Preserves. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 29914.    Sample no. 22951-A.)
This case involved a quantity of strawberry preserves that were in part 
moldy.
On March 7, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 87 cases of 
strawberry preserves at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by F. G. Ewing Co., from Seattle, Wash., having 
been consigned on or about January 14, 1933, and charging^ adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Jars) 
" Sun Blest A Sun Blessed Product Extra Fancy Pure Strawberry Preserves."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 27, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.