12600. Adulteration of canned sardines.    TJ. S. v. 8 Cases of Sardines.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 17852.    I. S. No. 609-v.    S. No. E-4502.)
On October 11, 1923, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of New York, 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 8 cases of sardines at Albany, N. Y., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Columbian Canning Co., Lubec, Me., on or 
about August 22, 1923, and transported from the State of Maine into the State 
of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Champion Brand American Sardines 
*    *    *    Columbian Canning Co.  Washington Co. Lubec, Maine."
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 sub- 
stance.
On January 14, 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, Secretary of Agriculture.