10337. Adulteration of pepper piccallUi.    U. S. v. 374 Cartons of Pepper Piccalilli
(and 5 other seizure actions against pepper piccalilli). Default decrees 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 17648, 17655, 17656, 
18156, 18247 to 18249, incl. Sample Nos. 4496-H, 4500-H, 5002-H to 5004-H, 
Incl., 5008-H, 5011-H, 5015-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   October 10,11,12, and 31,1945, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of September 1 and Sep- 
tember 20,1945, by the Uddo and Taormina Co., from Vineland, N. J.
PRODUCT:   374 cartons, 69 cartons, and 151 cartons, and 150 cases, 59 cases, 129
cases, and 197 cases of pepper piccalilli peperoni at Philadelphia, Par 
LABEL IN PART : "Progresso Brand * * * Pepper Piccalilli Peperoni." 
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of flies, fly eggs, 
fly parts, larvae, maggots, and insect fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it 
had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 6, 1945, and January 3, 1946. No claimant having 
appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.