22656. Whole fennel seed.    (F. D. C. No. 37961.    S. No. 5-446 M.)
QUANTITY :   1   75-lb. drum at Chicago, Ill.
SHIPPED :   3-1-55, from New York, N. Y., by C. M. Van Sillevoldt, Inc.
LIBELED :   5-10-55, N. Dist. Ill.
CHARGE:   402 (a)   (3)—contained insects and insect fragments when shipped.
DISPOSITION :    6-9-55.   Default—destruction.
The cases reported herewith were instituted in the United States district 
courts by United States attorneys acting upon reports submitted by the Depart- 
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare. They involve foods which were 
adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Act when introduced into 
and while in interstate commerce or while held for sale after shipment in inter- 
state commerce; and, in addition, one case involves the sale of or offer to sell 
oleomargarine, and another the possession of and serving of oleomargarine con- 
trary to the law. These cases involve (1) seizure proceedings which were 
terminated with the entry of default or consent decrees of condemnation and 
(2) criminal proceedings which were terminated upon pleas of guilty or nolo 
contendere. The seizure proceedings are civil actions taken against the goods 
alleged to be in violation, and the criminal proceedings are against the firms or 
individuals charged to be responsible for violations.
Published by direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
GEO. P. LARBICK, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 7, 1956.
CONTENTS
Page 
Beverages and beverage materials. 226
Cereals and cereal products 
228
Flour 
228
Macaroni and noodle products __ 231 
Miscellaneous cereals and cereal
products 
231
Fruits and vegetables 
235
Canned fruit 
235
Dried fruit 
237
Jams, jellies, and preserves 237
Vegetables 
238
Page 
Fruits and vegetables—Continued 
Tomatoes and tomato products. 239
Nuts and nut products 
240
Oleomargarine 
242
Spices, flavors, and seasoning ma- 
terials 
242
Vitamin, mineral, and other prod- 
ucts of special dietary signifi- 
cance 
245
Index 
246
225
3&0469—56-
Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the article contained an added poisonous 
or deleterious substance which was unsafe within the meaning of Section 406; 
Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in part of a filthy or decomposed sub- 
stance, or was otherwise unfit for food; Section 402 (a) (4), the article had 
been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have 
become contaminated with filth; Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent of 
the article had been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; Section 
402 (b)  (2), a substance had been substituted wholly or in part for the article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the labeling of the article was false and mis- 
leading; Section 403 (b), the article had been offered for sale under the name 
of another food.
Oleomargarine, Section 407 (b) (3), the label of the article, when sold and 
offered for sale, failed to bear the word "oleomargarine" or "margarine" and a 
full and accurate statement of all the ingredients contained in such oleomar- 
garine or margarine; Section 407 (c), colored oleomargarine or margarine was 
possessed in a form ready for serving at a public eating place, and no notice 
that oleomargarine or margarine was being served was displayed; and colored 
oleomargarine or colored margarine was served at a public eating place, and 
each separate serving neither bore, nor was accompanied by, labeling identify- 
ing it as oleomargarine or margarine, and it was not triangular in shape.
BEVERAGES AND BEVERAGE MATERIALS