12209. Adulteration of cocoa.    U. S. v. 51 Drams of Cocoa.     Decree of con- 
demnation  and forfeiture.    Product released  nndei- Ibond.     (F.  &
D. No. 17093.    I. S. No. 208-v.    S. No. E-4253.)
On December 28, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 51 drums of cocoa, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at New Haven, Conn., alleging that the article had been
shipped by the Handy Chocolate Co., from Springfield, Mass., on or about 
February 14, 1922, and transported from the State of Massachusetts into 
the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
?and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part:    "Packed In 100 Lb. Drums."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that exces- 
sive rcocoal shells had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and 
lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted 
"wholly or in part for the said article.
On December 4, 1923, the Handy Chocolate Co., Springfield, Mass., having 
-appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeit- 
ure was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released 
to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the 
execution of a good and sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the 
?act.
HOWAKD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.