21415. Adulteration of strawberry preserves.    U. S. v. 780 Cases of Straw¬
berry Preserves. Consent decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. no. 29906. Sample 
nos. 22729-A, 31067-A.)
This case involved a shipment of strawberry preserves, samples of which 
were found to contain moldy berries.
On March 6, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 780 cases of straw- 
berry preserves at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about February 3, 1933, by the Pacific 
Food Products Co., from Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Sunny 
.Tim Brand * * * Strawberry Preserves Mfd. by Pacific Food Products Co., 
Seattle, Washington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June '21, 1933, the Pacific Food Products Co., Seattle, Wash., 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 product be released to the claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,300, condi- 
tioned in part that it be brought into conformity with the law by segregating 
the decomposed portion.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.