26209. Adulteration of blackberry preserves.    U. S. v. SO Cases and 75 Cases of
Blackberry Preserves.    Default decree  of condemnation and  destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. no. 37363.    Sample no. 65213-B.)
This case involved blackberry preserves that contained excessive mold.
On March 12, 1936, 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 105 cases of black- 
berry preserves at Oakland, Calif., alleging that the article had been snipped
In interstate commerce on or about March 1, 1936, by National Fruit Canning 
Co., from Seattle, Wash, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Valamont Brand Pure 
Blackberry Preserves National Fruit Canning Co. Seattle, Wash."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On August 18, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HAEBY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.