U2341. Adulteration of canned corn. TJ. S. v. 13 Cases of Canned. Com. 
Default     decree     of     condemnation,     forfeiture,     and     destruction.
(F. & D. No. 18699.    I. S. No. 15192-v.    S. No. E-4837.)
On May 19, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 condemna- 
tion of 13 cases of canned corn, consigned on or about February 14, 1924, re-
maining in the original unbroken packages at Hagerstown, Md., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by G. H. Baker from Middletown, Del., and trans- 
ported from the State of Delaware into the State of Maryland, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Middletown Brand * * * Hearts Of Corn And Sugar Corn 
*    *    *   Packed By G. H. Baker, Middletown, Delaware."
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 vegetable 
substance.
On June 19, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was 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.