6557. Adulteration of canned corn. U. S. * * * v. 19 Cases * * * of?
Corn. Default deeree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 8992.    I. S. No. 12124-p.    S. No. C-874.)
On April 16, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 19 cases, each containing 2 dozen cans of corn, remaining un??
sold in the original unbroken packages, at Belleville, 111., alleging that the article?
had been shipped on or about February 11, 1918, and transported from the State?
of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Hill City Brand?
Sweet Corn    *    *    *    packed by Forest City Canning Co., Forest City, Iowa."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in part of decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 25, 1918, 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.
J. It. BIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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