6511. Adulteration of frozen peaches.    U. S. v. 100 Barrels of Peaches   (and 6
other seizure actions against frozen peaches). Portions of product or- 
dered released under bond to be used in wine making; remainder ordered 
destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 10925, 10926, 10975, 11030, 11109, 11162, 11322. 
Sample Nos. 28069-F, 35464-F, 35723-F, 48234-F to 48236-F, inel., 56903-F, 
57464-F, 58416-F.)
LIBELS FILED: Between October 8 and December 16, 1943, Northern District of 
Georgia, District of New Jersey, Northern District of Ohio, and District of 
Columbia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about July 8 to August 28, 1943, from Chat- 
tanooga, Cleveland, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tenn., by the Chickamauga Pro- 
ducers, Inc.
PRODUCT: Peaches: 295 barrels at Atlanta, Ga., 193 barrels at Jersey City, 
N. J., 190 barrels at Cleveland, Ohio, and 64 barrels at Washington, D. C.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of peaches which were 
in various stages of fermentation; one portion also consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of wormy peaches.
DISPOSITION : Between November 27, 1943, and February 14, 1944, the following 
claimants appeared: Swift & Co., for 100 barrels at Atlanta, Ga.; Southern 
Dairies, Inc., for 107 barrels at Atlanta, Ga.; Acme Pie Co., Cleveland, Ohio; 
G. W. Bagwell, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Chickamauga Producers Inc., Cleve-
land, Tenn., for the 88 barrels at Atlanta, Ga.; Flint & Fulton, Inc., trading as 
Monmouth Products Co. for the 193 barrels at Jersey City; and Southland 
Products Coy for the 190 barrels at Cleveland, Ohio. Judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and product was ordered released under bond on condition 
that it be used in wine making. No claimant having appeared for the peaches 
at Washington, D. C., judgment of condemnation was entered on December 
6, 1943, and the product was ordered destroyed.