7817. Adulteration and misbranding of blackberry jam.    U.  S. v.  85  Cases  of
Blaekberry Jam. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered de- 
livered to local hospitals.     (F. D. C. No. 14344.    Sample No. 93011-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 1, 1944, District of Columbia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 28, 1944, by the Standard Fruit 
Product Co., from Cincinnati, Ohio.
PRODUCT: 85 cases, each containing 6 jars, of, blackberry jam at Washington. 
D. C.
LABEL IN PART : "Sugarnut Quality Black Berry Jam."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing 
less than 68 percent soluble solids had been substituted in whole or in part for 
blackberry jam, a food for which the soluble solids content has been fixed at 
not less than 68 percent by regulations establishing a reasonable definition and 
standard of identity for blackberry jam.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the product purported to be and was repre- 
sented as blackberry jam, a food for which a definition and standard of iden- 
tity has been prescribed by regulations, and it failed to conform to such defini- 
tion and standard.
DISPOSITION : December 7, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to local 
hospitals, for their use and not for sale.