6514. Misbranding of jellies and preserves.    U. S. v. 32 Cases of Peach Preserves,
12 Cases of Blackberry Jelly, 16 Cases of Youngberry Jelly, 16 Cases of 
Red Raspberry Jelly, and 19 Cases of Blackcap Raspberry Jelly. Default 
decree of condemnation. Products ordered delivered to charitable insti- 
tutions.    (F. D. C. No. 11754.    Sample Nos. 53836-F to 53840-F, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 9, 1944, District of Arizona.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 30, 1943, by Dixie Preserves, Ltd., 
Los Angeles, Calif.
PRODUCT: 32 cases, each containing 12 2-pound jars, of peach preserves, and 63 
cases, each containing 12 1-pound jars, of the afore-mentioned jellies at 
Tucson, Ariz.
LABEL IN PART:    (Jars)    "Dixie Brand."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), products deficient in 
fruit and fruit juices had been substituted in whole or in part for peach pre- 
serves and blackberry, youngberry, red raspberry and blackcap raspberry 
jellies.
Peach," "Pure Jelly Blackberry," "Pure Jelly Youngberry," "Pure Jelly Red 
Raspberry," and "Pure Jelly Black Cap Raspberry," were false and misleading; 
and, Section 403 (g) (1), the articles purported to be and were represented as 
foods for which definitions and standards of identity have been prescribed by 
the regulations, but they failed to conform4 to the definitions and standards 
since the articles were made from mixtures (preserves) of less than 45 parts 
by weight of fruit, and (jellies) of less than 45 parts by weight of the applicable 
fruit juice ingredient, to each 55 parts by weight of one of the saccharine in- 
gredients specified in the definitions and standards. 
DISPOSITION: April 3, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the products were ordered destroyed. On May 1, 
1944, an amended decree was entered, ordering the delivery of the products 
to a charitable institution.