21654. Adulteration of chocolate coatings.    V. S. v. 12 Boxes of Chocolate
Coatings. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.    (P. & D. no. 31013.    Sample no. 45967-A.)
This case involved a lot of chocolate coatings in which the large cakes were 
found to be broken, water-soaked, and caked with dried mud. Dirty, soggy 
wrappers were mixed through, the mass, and the product also had a foul odor.
On August 29, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 12 boxes of chocolate coatings 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 15, 1933, by the Warfield Chocolate Co., from Denver, 
Colo., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 9, 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.