13940. Adulteration of canned sardines. V. S. v. 64 Cases, et al., of Sar- 
dines. Portion of product found not adulterated and ordered re- 
leased and libels dismissed with respect thereto. Remainder of 
product condemned and destroyed. (P. & D. Nos. 19156, 19157. 19158, 
19160, 19161, 19162, 19163, 19164. I. S. Nos. 9828-v, 9829-v. S. No. 
W-929.) 
On or about November 25 and 26 and December 2 and 3, 1924, respectively, 
the United States attorney for the District of Utah, acting upon a report by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States 
for said district libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 255 cases, each 
containing 10-ounce cans, and 1,125 cases, each containing S^-ounce cans, of 
sardines, remaining in the original unbroken packages in various lots at Salt 
Lake City, Ogden, and Provo, Utah, respectively, alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Holmes Co?, from Robbinston, Me., on or about July 26, 
1924, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Utah, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part, variously: "Holmes Co. Maine Sardines HCO Contents 
10 Ozs in Salad Sauce, Mustard, Robbinston, Maine," "Holmes Company 
Maine Sardines HCO Contents S-1^ Ozs In Salad Oil Cottonseed Robbinston, 
Maine," and " Holmes St. Croix Brand American Sardines In Cotton Seed 
Oil Packed At Robbinston, Maine   *    *    *   Weight 3-% Ozs."       ;;
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that 
it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid animal sub- 
stance. 
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On June 23, 1925, Holmes & Co., Robbinston, Me., having appeared as 
claimants for the 1,125 cases containing the 3%-ounce cans, and the court 
having found that the product in the said 1,125 cases was not adulterated, 
decrees were entered, ordering that it be released and the libels dismissed 
with respect to the said portion of the product. The said decrees found that 
the product in the 255 cases of 10-ounce cans was adulterated and ordered 
that it be condemned and destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DTJNIAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.