7816. Adulteration and misbranding of jams.    U. S. v. 34 Cases of Jams.    Default
decree of condemnation.    Products ordered distributed to charitable in- 
stitutions.     (F. D. C. No. 14018.    Sample Nos. 88040-F, 88041-F.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 14, 1944, District of Rhode Island.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or. about June 5 and July 27, 1944, by the Mactavish 
Preserves Co., Inc., from Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 28 cases, each containing 24 jars, of strawberry jam, and 6 cases, 
each containing 24 jars, of apricot jam, at Woonsocket, R. I.
LABEL IN PART:    "Mactavish Pure Strawberry Jam [or "Apricot Jam"]."
fruit had been substituted in whole or in part for strawberry and apricot jams, 
foods for which definitions and standards of identity have been prescribed, by 
regulations promulgated pursuant to law.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the products failed to conform to the defi- 
nitions and standards of identity for strawberry and apricot jams since they 
had been made from mixtures composed of less than 45 parts by weight of one 
of the fruit ingredients to each 55 parts by weight of one of the saccharine 
ingredients specified in the regulations.
DISPOSITION: November 18, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the products were ordered distributed to cer- 
tain charitable institutions.