S186. Adulteration of B. & M. fish flakes. U. S. * * * v. 247 Cases of?
Fislit Fli^fccK. Labeled In Part, " B. & 31. .Fish. Flakes." Default?
decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  ami  destruction.     (F.  &  D.   No.
11534.     I.  8.  No.  2\)22-v.    H.  No.
'  W-345.)
On November 2S, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of California, acting upon a report, by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of a certain quantity, of B. & M. fish flakes, remaining unsold?
in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about July 19, 1918, by Burnham & Morrill Co.,?
Portland, Maine, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of?
California, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Examination of representative samples of the article by the Bureau of Chem??
istry of this department showed that the contents of approximately 18 per cent?
of the cans were badly decomposed, and that most of the cans showed evidence?
of decomposition.
Adulteration of the article was alleged "in the libel in that it consisted in part?
of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On December 10, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.