Issued December 17,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 695, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF CANNED PINEAPPLES.
On or about August 5, 1910, there were shipped from the City of?
New York, State of New York, to the City of Philadelphia, State of?
Pennsylvania, 19 cases containing in all 144 cans of pineapple, each?
of which cases was labeled: "J dozen No. 8 Hawaiian chief standard?
crushed pineapple. Pearl City Fruit Co., Ltd., Terr, of Hawaii,"?
and each of which cans contained in said cases was labeled " Hawaiian?
chief Kamehameka crushed pineapple in juice. Standard. Packed?
by Pearl City Fruit Co., Ltd., Terr, of Hawaii. Guaranteed by the?
Pearl City Fruit Co., Ltd., under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30,?
1906; serial No. 13399.    Hawaiian Chief crushed pineapple in juice."
Examination 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 product was liable to seizure under section 10 of the?
act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the United?
States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In due course a libel was filed against the said 19 cases of pineapples?
in the District Court of the United States for said district, charging?
the above shipment, and alleging that the product so shipped was?
adulterated within the meaning of the act in that it consisted in?
whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
On October 14, 1910, the cause came on for hearing and no answer?
having been filed or claimant to the product having appeared, the?
court being fully informed in the premises, issued its decree con??
demning the product for the cause set forth in the above libel, and?
ordering its destruction by the marshal of said district, which order?
was forthwith executed.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
WILLIS L. MOORE,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 2, 1910.
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