' 5523. Adulteration of canned corn. U. S. v. 222 Cases of Canned Corn. Consent 
decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond for segre- 
gation and destruction of the unfit portion.    (F. D. C. No. 10423.    Sample
No. 37278-F.)
On August 16, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland 
filed a libel against 222 cases, each containing 24 cans, of corn at Salisbury, Md., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
April 27,1943, by Howard B. Jones & Co. from Oxford, Pa.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance by reason of the presence therein of sour and fermented corn. The,article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Realm Cream Style White Sweet Corn *? * * 
Nationally Distributed by Household Products Co. General Offices, Chicago."
On September 27,1943, the New Oxford Canning Co., New Oxford, Pa., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the, entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond, conditioned -that it should not be disposed of in violation of 
the law. The unfit portion was segregated and destroyed under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration.