14505. Adulteration and misbranding: of jellies. V. S. v. 25 Cases of Jelly. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (? * D. No. 16696. S. No. C-3702.) ^, i ? , On August 2, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying "seizure and condemnation of 25 cases of jellies, remaining in the original unbroken packages at East St. Louis, Ill., consigned by the Best-Clymer Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., on or about June 20, 1922, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. Adulteration of the articles was alleged in the libel for the reason that apple products had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for plum, raspberry, grape, strawberry or blackberry jelly, as the case might be. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the articles were colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " Jelly" and "Apple-Blackberry," "Apple Strawberry," "Apple-Grape," "Apple-Raspberry" and " Apple-Plum," as the case might be, borne on the respective labels, were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the articles were imitations of and offered for sale under the distinctive names of other articles. At the May, 1926, term of court, no claimant having appeared for the prop- erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the products, be destroyed by the United States marshal. W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.