6604. Adulteration of V-8  Cocktail   Vegetable Juices.    U.  S.  v.  400  Cases  of
Cocktail Vegetable Juices.    Consent decree of condemnation.    Product 
ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 11947.    Sample No. 62790-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    March 1, 1944, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    Between   August   and   September, 1943,   by   Standard
Brands, Inc., (Loudon Division), from Terre Haute, Ind. 
PRODUCT:   400 cases, each containing 12 l-quart, 14 fluid ounce cans, of cocktail
vegetable juices at St. Louis, Mo.
Examination showed that the article was fermented and decomposed.
LABEL IN PART:    "V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juices."
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
DISPOSITION:    April 3, 1944.    Standard Brands, Inc., New York, N. Y., claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be brought 
into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug i 
ministration,   The unfit portion was segregated and destroyed. 
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