0S08.  Adulteration   of   sardines.     TJ.   S.   *    *    *   v.   20   Cases   of   Sardines.?
Consent   decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 8726.    I. S. No. 2-S57-p.    S. No. E-965.)
Oil January 9, 1918, 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 for the seizure and condemnation of?
20 cases, each containing 100 cans of sardines, labeled in part, " Bouquet Brand?
American Sardines. Packed at Bastport, Washington Co., Me. L. D. Clark &?
Son," consigned on or about November 12, 1917, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by L. D. Clark & Son, Eastport, Me., and transported from the State of Maine?
into the State of Maryland, and charging- adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On April 29, 1918, the said L. D. Clark & Son, claimant, having appeared and?
admitted the allegations of the libel, 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.
G. I. CHRISTIE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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