7.1899. Adulteration of ? canned sardines. U. S. v. 17 Cases and 8 Cases of 
Sardines. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 17771, 17772. I. S. Nos. 2771-v, 2773-v. S. Nos. 
E-4483, E-4484.)
On September 10, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
-of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 25 cases of sardines, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned in part by the Columbian 
?Canning Co., Lubec, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped from Lubec, 
Me., in part on or about August 1, 1923, and in part on or about August 11, 
1923, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Pennsylvania, 
-and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 7he article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Champion Brand American Sardines In Cotton 
Seed Oil Packed And Guaranteed By 7he Columbian Canning Co. Washington 
Co. Lubec, Maine."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On October 1, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.