S. No. 397.
F. & D. No. 1150.	
Issued June 27,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 395, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF SARDINES.
On or about December 13, 1909, B. O. Bowers, of Lubec, Me.,?
shipped from the State of Maine to the State of New York 392 cases?
of sardines. Analysis of samples of this product made by the Bureau?
of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, showed it?
to be adulterated within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act?
of June 30, 1906. As it appeared from the findings of the analyst?
and report made that the said shipment was liable to seizure under?
section 10 of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts?
to the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
In due course a libel was filed against the said 392 cases of sardines,?
charging adulteration in that the product consisted in whole or in?
part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, and?
praying seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture.
On January 18, 1910, the case came on for hearing, there being no?
claimant of record, and the court entered a decree of condemnation?
and forfeiture, and ordered that the said goods be destroyed.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 23, 1910.
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