3591. Adulteration of canned peas. U. S. v. 5 Cases of Canned Peas. Default decree of eon?"?
demnatfon, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D No. 5646. I. S. No. 9602-h. S.No.?
C-14.)
On March 25,1914, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, tiled in the District Court of the?
United States- for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 5 cases,?
each containing 100 cans of peas, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages?
at Racine, Wis., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about December 17,?
1913, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was?
labeled: "Societe De Produits Alimentaires-Lazeran-Brillat Brand Fine Peas-?
Malines Belgium. Colored with sulphate of copper contents 14 oz." (Shipping?
containers) "L. A. F. 250-New York-lQO/2 Tins Fine Peas." "Conserves Alimen-?
taires-Brillat Brand-Marines- Belgium."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that there was?
added a certain poisonous and other deleterious ingredients consisting more particu??
larly of 90/ parts1 of copper per million parts of drained peas to said food product so?
contained in said cans as aforesaid;, and that said added poisonous- and deleterious>?
ingredients rendered such food product injurious to health.
On October 1, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture- was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 19 T1915.
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