13278. Adulteration   of   canned   sardines.    U.   S.   v.  49   Cases   of   Sardines.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 19551.    I. S. No. 15523-v.    S. No. B-4967.)
On February 3, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 49 cases of sardines, at Johnstown, Pa., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Maine Cooperative Sardine Co., from Bastport, 
Me., on or about December 20, 1924, and transported from the State of Maine 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "MacNichol 
Brand American Sardines In Cottonseed Oil. Packed By MacNichol Pkg. Co. 
Eastport, Washn Co., Me."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On April 13, 1925, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.