12151. Adulteration of canned sardines.     U. S. v. 216 Cases and 289 Cases
of Sardines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, And de- 
struction. (F. & D. No. 17577. I. S. Nos. 3443-v, 3447-v. S. No, 
E-4414.)
On June 26, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina, 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 505 cases of sardines, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Wilmington, N. C, consigned by the Columbian! 
Canning Co., from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, alleging that the 
article had been shipped from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, on or about May 
4, 1923, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
A portion of the article was labeled in part: " Vender Brand American Sardines 
* * * Columbian Canning Co. Lubec Washington Co., Me." The remainder 
of the said article was labeled in part: " Columbian Brand * * * American 
Sardines    *    *    *   Lubec, Wash'n Co., Me.   By Columbian Canning Co."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On September 24, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWABD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture*