30343. Adulteration of strawberry jam.    U.  S. v.  50 Cases of Strawberry Jam.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  No. 44723. 
Sample Nos. 50554-D, 50558-D.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On January 24, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 cases of 
canned strawberry jam at Spokane, Wash.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 21, 1938, by Kerr Con- 
serving Co. from Portland, Oreg.; and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Kerr's Pure Jam 
Strawberry."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 6, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.