11973. Adulteration   of  canned  sardine*.     If.  S.   v.  S  Cases   and 9   Cases  of
Sardines. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 17866, 17867. I. S. Nos. 1951-v, 1952-v. 
S. Nos. E-4506, I>-4i507.)
On October 22, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels of information pray- 
ing the seizure and condemnation of 17 cases, each containing 100 tins of 
sardines, at North Adams, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Columbian Canning Co., from Lubec, Me., in part on or about February 28 ana 
in part on or about August 1, 1923, and transported from the State of Maine 
into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: (Can) 
" Champion Brand American Sardines In Cotton Seed Oil Packed And Guar- 
anteed By The Columbian Canning Co. Washington Co. Lubec, Maine." The 
remainder of the article was labeled in part: (Can) " Vender Brand American 
Sardines * * * Packed By Columbian Canning Co. Lubec, Washington 
Co., Me."
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 animal 
substance.
On December 17, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.