30161. Adulteration  and misbranding of imitation  strawberry jam.     U.  S.  v.
9 Cases, 29 Cases, and 14 Cases of Imitation Strawberry Jam. Consent 
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44722, 44769, 
44808.    Sample Nos. 36036-D, 36134-D, 43361-D.)
This product contained excessive mold and a portion was short weight.
On January 24 and February 2 and 8, 1989, the United States attorney for 
the District of Hawaii, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 52 cases 
of imitation strawberry jam, in part at Honolulu, and in part at Hilo, T. H.; 
alleging that the article had been shipped within the period from on or about 
December 22, 1938, to on or about January 23, 1939, by Kockos Bros.. Ltd., from 
San Francisco, Calif.; and charging Adulteration of the former lot and mis- 
branding of the latter, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. The 
article was labeled in part: "Five Brothers Fine Quality Imitation Strawberry 
Jam   Net Weight 2 Lbs.    *    *   *   Enjoy Packing Co.    San Francisco, Calif."
Adulteration of all lots was alleged in that the article consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
One lot was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Net Weight 2 Lbs." 
was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser 
when applied to an article that was short weight; and in that it was food in 
package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously 
marked on the outside of the package since the quantity stated was incorrect.
On January 25, February 4, and February1 20, 1939, the shipper having con- 
sented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and 
the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.