26337. Adulteration of nougat.    IT. S. v. 10 Cases, 8 Cases, and 7 Cases of Nougat.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 87758. 
Sample nos. 42229-B, 42249-B, 42250-B.)
This case involved nougat-type confectionery that was undergoing fermenta- 
tion and was rancid and moldy.
On May 22, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 25 cases of nougat- 
type confectionery at New York City, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Vicente Rossello, from Barcelona, Spain, having arrived at New 
York on or about December 9, 1935, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled variously in part: "Turron 
Jijona [or "Turron Yema" or "Turron Mazapan"] Turrones Extra-Finos 
* * * Nougat Made in Spain * * * Conservadas Vicente Rossello 
Palma de Mallorca."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 29, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered ordering that product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.