4953. Adulteration of cocoa bKans.    tJ. S. v. 225 Bags of Cocoa BKans.    Consent decree of
condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond to be denatured and processed 
' into soap stock.   (F. D. C. No. 9416.   Sample No. 18587-F.)
This product had become contaminated. with? chroriiic acid, after its receipt in 
interstate commerce, as a result of a leakage of chromic acid from a tank located on 
the floor above the room where it was stored.
On February 27, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey- 
filed'a libel against 225 140-pound bags of cocoa beans at Elizabeth, N. J., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 5, 1942,, 
from New York, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it contained an 
added deleterious substance, chromic acid, which might render it "injurious to health
On July 3, 1943, Samuel Cranston, having appeared as claimant and having admit- 
ted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be 
denatured: under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration and manur 
factured into soap stock.
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