11991. Adulterntion   of  smrdines.     IT.   S.   v.   15   Cases   of   Sardines.     Default
deeree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &   D. 
No. 17849.    I. S. No. 1939-T.    S. NO. B-4503.)
On October 9, 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 a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 15 rases of sardines, at Salem. Mass., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Columbian Canning Co., from Lubec, Me., on 
or about June 20. 1923, and transported from the State of Maine into the 
State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Champion Brand * * * 
Sardines In Cotton Seed Oil * * * Packed And Guaranteed By The Colum- 
bian Canning Co. Washington Co. Lubec, Maine * * * Net Weight 
Sl/4 Ozs."
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 November 26, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation ard forfeiture wfs 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.