32255. Adulteration,   of   canned   sardines.    U.   S.  v.   38   Cases   of   Sardines. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 17740.    I. S. No. 4616-v.    S. No. C-4112.)
On August 22, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 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 38 cases of sardines at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by the 
Columbian Canning Co., Lubec, Me., on or about July 6, 1923, alleging that the 
article had been shipped from Lubec, Me., and transported from the State of 
Maine into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violat'on of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Champion Brand 
American Sardines * * * Packed And Guaranteed By The Columbian Can- 
ning Co. Washington Co. Lubec, Maine."
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 substance.
On January 22, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of the court was entered, which, as subsequently amended, provided for 
the condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction of the product.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of AgricvUure.