14753. Adulteration and misbranding of jellies.    U. S. v. 6,240 Tumblers of
Grape Jelly, et al. Consent decree of condemnation and forfei- 
ture. Products released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21030. I. S. Nos. 
8186-x, 8187-x.    S. No. E-5709.)
On April 30, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, 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 6,240 tumblers of grape jelly and 960 tumblers of currant 
jelly, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleg- 
ing that the articles had been shipped by Richard Brinkman, from Jersey City, 
N. J., April 9, 1926, and transported from the State of New Jersey into the 
State of New York, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the food and drugs act. The articles were labeled in: part: (Jar) "Mrs. 
Brinkman's Pure Home Made Grape Jelly" (or "Currant Jelly") "64 Irving 
Street Jersey City."
Adulteration of the articles was alleged in the libel for the reason that sub- 
stances, pectin and fruit jellies, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect their quality or strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said articles.
¦ Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements " Pure * * * 
Grape Jelly" and " Pure * * * Currant Jelly," borne on the respective 
labels, were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and 
for the further reason that they were offered for sale under the distinctive 
names of other articles.
On May 19, 1926, Richard Brinkman, Jersey City, N. J., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the products be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that they be relabeled, " Home Made Style 
Apple Pectin Grape Jelly " or " Currant Jelly," as the case might be.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.