5021. Adulteration of red raspberries.    U. S.  v. 66 Barrels of Red Raspberries..   Consent
decree of condemnation/ Product ordered released under bond for reconditioning. 
(F. D. C. Nos. 8714 to 8716, incl., 885.6.    Sample Nos. 1851-F, 1853-F, 1854-F, 1871-F.)
On November 14, 1942, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
, Illinois filed a libel against 66 barrels, each barrel containing 390 pounds, of red 
raspberries at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce within the period from on or about July 17 to August 5, 1942, by the 
Frigid Food Products Inc., from Detroit, Mich.; and charging that it was adulter- 
ated in that water or water and sugar (sugar present only in some barrels) had 
been substituted wholly or in part for red raspberries.
On January 14, 1943, the Frigid Food Products, Inc., having appeared as claimant 
and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the product was ordered released under bond for reconditioning under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
On June 7, 1943, the Welch Fruit Products Co., Chicago, Ill., having entered a 
claim for 20 barrels of the product and having consented to the entry of the decree 
theretofore entered, and the court, having heard arguments of counsel and the evi- 
dence in support of the claim, found that the 20 barrels of the product in controversy 
was the product of the Welch Fruit Products Co., and ordered that the product be 
released to the owner on the same condition as those of the original decree.
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