2474. Adulteration and misbranding of chili sauce.   TT. S. v. 50 Cartons, 22 Cases,
and 46 Cases of Chili Sauce. Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 4478, 4864, 5141. Sample Nos. 55497^-E, 60748-E. 
69534-E.)
One shipment of this product contained mold and the others contained worm 
and insect fragments. The labels of one shipment also failed to bear a 
statement of the ingredients.
On April 24, June 3, and July 15, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Western District of Washington and the Southern District of New York filed 
libels against 50 cartons each containing 24 bottles, and 22 cases each containing 
24 bottles of chili sauce at Tacoma, Wash., and 46 cases each containing 6 cans 
of the same product at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or about February 
5 to on or about March 31, 1941, by Kern Food Products, inc., from Los Angeles, 
Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated and that a portion was also mis- 
branded. It was labeled in part: (Bottles) "Kern's Pure Chili Sauce, Net 
Weight 12 Oz."; or (cans) "Kern's Fancy Chill Sauce * * * Net Weight 
7 Lbs."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or In 
part of a filthy or decomposed substance. A portion was alleged to be mis- 
branded in that it was fabricated from two or more ingredients and its label 
failed to bear the common or usual name of each ingredient.
On-June 30, August 19, and September 12, 1941, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.