10596.?Adultex*ation  of sauerkraut.    U.  S.     *     *     *     v. 755  Cases     *     *     *
of Sauerkraut. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 16152.    I. S. No. 18666-t.    S. No. C-3562.)
On April 25, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, 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 755 cases of sauerkraut, at Chicago, 111., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by the Fremont Canning Co., Fremont, Mich., March?
22, 1921, and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Illinois,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The ar??
ticle was labeled, respectively, in part: (Cans) "Sweetheart Brand Sauer?
Kraut * * *," and " * * * White Mountain Brand Saue,r Kraut, New?
Hartford Canning Co., New Hartford, Oneida County, New York."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that it consisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance, for the further reason?
that it consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance, and for the fur??
ther reason that it consisted in part of a putrid vegetable substance.
On June 27, 1922, 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.