14820. Adulteration and misbranding of chocolate coating-. V. S. v. 5 Cases 
of Chocolate Coating. Default decree of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 17571. I. S. No. 2228-v. S. No. 
E-4412.)
On June 23, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western 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 5 cases of chocolate coating, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., consigned by the Handy Chocolate Co., 
Springfield, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped from Springfield, 
Mass., on or about April 28, 1923, and transported from the State of Mas- 
sachusetts into the State of New York, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: " Handy's New Light Chocolate Coating Springfield. Mass. U.  S. A."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance containing excessive shells and added mineral matter had been 
mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Chocolate 
Coating." borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and mis- 
led the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was an imitation of and 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On November 9, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W.  M.  .JARDINE,  Secretary  of Agriculture.