10497. Adulteration of melon and lemon jam.    U. S.     *     *     *     v. 400 Cases
of Melon and Lemon Jam.    Default decree ordering- destruction of 
the product.    (F. & D. No. 15971.    I. S. No. 8518-t.    S. No. E-3767.)
On or about February 8, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for 
the seizure and condemnation of 400 cases of melon and lemon jam, remain- 
ing in the original unbroken packages at Richmond, Va., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the E. B. Harris Co., Boston, Mass., on or about September 
20, 1921, and transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State of 
Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article" was labeled in part: " Melon & Lemon Jam Contents-32 Ozs. Net. 
The Rosella Preserving and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Melbourne, May, '19 
Victoria, Australia."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On April 11, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered ordering the destruction of the product by the United 
States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.