F. & D. No. 2528.
S. No. 900.	
Issued February 24, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 12750
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF BLACK OLIYES.
On March 20, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District?
of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a?
libel praying condemnation and forfeiture of three barrels of black?
olives in the possession of G. Grandi in the city of Baltimore. The?
product was labeled: " Order Greek Trading Co. Notify G. Grandi,?
Baltimore, Md."
Examination of a sample of said product, made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, showed?
that 27 per cent of the product was passable, 12 per cent very soft,?
and 61 per cent worm-eaten. The libel alleged that the olives, after?
shipment by the Greek Trading Co., of New York City, from the?
State of New York into the State of Maryland, remained in the?
original unbroken packages and were adulterated in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, because they consisted in part?
of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance, to wit, decayed and?
worm-eaten olives, and were therefore liable to seizure for confiscation.
On July 3,1911, the case coming on to be heard and no one having?
appeared as claimant, the court found the product adulterated as?
alleged in the libel and entered a decree condemning and forfeiting?
it to the United States and ordering its destruction by the marshal.
JAMES "WILSON,?
/Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D? C, January 6, 1912.
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