11667. Adulteration of canned sweet corn.    TJ. S. v. 60 Cases of Sweet Corn.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F, &
D. No. 15745.    I. S. No. 13472-t.     S. No. C-3378.)
On December 21, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas,?
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 condemna??
tion of 60 cases of sweet corn at Wichita, Kans., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the Elgin Canning Co., from Elgin, Iowa, on or about October?
12, 1921, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of Kansas, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   The article was
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labeled in part: (Can) " Sweet Corn.   Contents 1 Lb. 4 Ozs.   Opal Brand   *   *   *?
Packed By The Elgin Canning Co. Elgin, Iowa."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance.
On August 17, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture