27612. Adulteration of wild raspberry jam.     V. S. v. 62 Drums of Wild Rasp¬
berry Jam.     Consent decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 39275.    Sample No. 20229-C.)
Samples of this product were found to be decomposed and to contain worms.
On March 25, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 62 drums, each containing 175 pounds of 
wild raspberry jam, at Portland, Maine, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 2, 1936, by the H. A. John- 
son Co. from Boston, Mass., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. It was labeled in part: "Johnson's Wild Raspberry Jam 
*    *    *   H. A. Johnson Co. Boston New York."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 29, 1937, the H. A. Johnson Co., claimant, having withdrawn its claim 
and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.