25289. Adulteration of  imitation  preserves.     IT.   S.   v.   254   Cases   of Imitation
Preserves.     Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
no. 35577.    Sample no. 26214-B.)
This case involved imitation preserves which were found to contain excessive 
lead.
On May 31, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 254 cases, each containing 12 
cans of imitation preserves, at Scottsbluff, Nebr., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 10, 1934, by the Sani- 
tary Food Manufacturing Co., from St. Paul, Minn., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Golden Moon Imitation Cherry [or other flavor] Preserves Sanitary Food 
Mfg. Co. St. Paul, Minn."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 16, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.