3531. Adulteration of canned peas. TJ. S. v. 3 Cases of Canned Peas. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5466. I. S. No. 5284-h. S. No.?
2038.)
On or about December 8, 1913, the United States attorney for the Western. District?
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Oourt of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemna??
tion of 3 cases, each containing 100 cans of peas, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the product had been trans??
ported from the State of New York into the State of Tennessee and delivered on or?
about October 2, 1913, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The product was labeled: (On cans) "Alimentary Preserves?Very fine peas-?
Contents 14| oz. Jumel brand'?Wespelaer Belgium?Colored with sulphate of?
copper."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted?
in part of an added poisonous and deleterious substance, to wit, [a] sulphate of copper,?
which is poisonous and deleterious.
On May 27,1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January IS, 1915.
N.J.3501-3550.1    SERVICE AND REGULATOEY ANNOUNCEMENTS.