9317. Adulteration of pies. U. S. * * * v. One Case Containing 4G * * * Pies. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. &D. No. 13477. I. S. No. 030-t- 
S. No. C-2353.)
On August 20,1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the 
United States for said district a libel, and on or about August 30, 1920, an amendment 
thereto, for the seizure and condemnation of one case containing 46 pies, more or less, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Benton Harbor, Mich., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Case & Martin Co., Chicago, Ill., on or about 
August 28, 1920, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Michigan, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason that a 
certain substance had been substituted in whole or in part for the article, that is to 
say, saccharin had been substituted for a certain other product, to wit, sugar; for the 
further reason that saccharin had been mixed therewith so as to injuriously affect its 
quality and strength and in a manner whereby the inferiority of said article was con- 
cealed; and for the further reason that the article contained an added poisonous and 
deleterious ingredient, namely, saccharin, which might render it injurious to health.
On March 7, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 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.