13070. Adulteration of canned sardines.    U. S. v. 21 Cases of Sardines.    De 
fault  decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 19379.    I. S. No. 16945-v.    S. No. E-5046.)
On December 12, 1924, 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 21 cases of sardines, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Boston, Mass., consigned by the Bayshore Sardine Co., Columbia, 
Me., alleging that the article had been shipped from Columbia, Me., August 20, 
1924, 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: (Can) " B. & S. Brand AJtnerican Sardines in Cotton 
Seed Oil Packed By Bayshore Sardine Co. Addison, Me."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed animal sub- 
stance.
On January 29, 1925, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.