81042. Adulteration of  frozen   strawberries.    U.   S.   v.   65   Barrels   of  Frozen
Strawberries.     Consent   decree    of    condemnation.    Product    ordered 
released under bond.    (F. & D. No. 45131.    Sample No. 36597-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original package. At the time of examination a portion of the berries 
were found to be moldy.
On April 1, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Okla- 
homa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel against 55 barrels of frozen strawberries at Muskogee, Okla.; alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 
11, 1939, by Allen Fruit Co. from Seattle, Wash.; and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act On December 19, 1939, the libel was 
amended.
It was alleged in the amended libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 19, 1939, the Allen Fruit Co., claimant having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was 
ordered that the product be released under bond conditioned that the straw- 
berries be defruited and the good ones segregated and separated from the moldy 
berries under the supervision of this Department
GEOVEE B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.