9427. Adulteration of   Finocchietti   Semplici.     IT.   S.     *     *      *     v.   25   Cases
* * * of Finocchietti Semplici. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture", and destruction. (F. & D. No. 14599. I. S. No. 289-t. 
S. No. C-2815.)
On March 10, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern 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 con- 
demnation of 25 cases, more or less, each containing 100 cans, of Finocchietti 
Semplici, at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by Mon- 
tagnino & Scaduto, New York, N. Y., on July 9, 1920, and transported from the 
State of New York into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in vio- 
lation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On May 20, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.