694. Adulteration of   molasses.     U.   S.   v.   37   Barrels   and   4   Half-Barrels   of
Molasses.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 1557.    Sample Nos. 71527-D, 71556-D, 71557-D.)
This product was found to contain lead, which might have rendered it injurious 
to health.
On March 2, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California filed a libel against 37 barrels each containing 55 gallons, and 4 half- 
barrels each containing 30 gallons, of molasses at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 8, 
1939, by Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc., from New Orleans, La.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it contained an added poisonous or deleterious substance, 
namely, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health, and which was 
unsafe within the meaning of the act. The article was labeled in part: "Bakers 
& Confectioners Supply Co., Distributors, Invincible Brand B.S. Molasses."
On April 11,1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation and 
forfeiture was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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