12936. Adulteration and misbranding of blackberry preserves.    TJ. S. v. 44 Cases
*    *    *    .    (F. D. C. No. 22967.    Sample No. 76443-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 2, 1947, Western District of Louisiana. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 10,1947, by the Phelan Co., from Beau- 
mont, Tex.
PRODUCT: 44 cases, each containing 12 2-pound jars, of blackberry preserves 
at De Quincy, La.
LABEL IN PART: "Tak-A-Taste Brand * * * Pure Blackberry Preserves 
Packed By Cecil Brown Fig Co., Friendswood, Texas."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a product of less than 
68 percent soluble solids content had been substituted for blackberry preserves. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the article failed to conform to the defini- 
tion and standard of identity for blackberry preserves, since it was made from 
a mixture composed of less than 45 parts by weight of the fruit ingredient to 
each 55 parts by weight of the saccharine ingredients; and the article was not 
concentrated by heat to the point where its soluble solids content amounted 
to at least 68 percent.
DISPOSITION : December 9,1947. Default decree of condemnation. The product 
was ordered delivered to a charitable institution.