13958. Adulteration of canned sardines. U. S. v. 858 Cases of Canned Sar- 
dines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 20419.    I. S. No. 3912-x.    S. No. C-5024.)
On or about September 15, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Louisiana, 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 S58 cases of canned sardines, at Lafayette 
or Lake Charles, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Maine 
Cooperative Sardine Co., from New York, N. Y., on or about August 12, 1925, 
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Louisiana, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Banquet Brand American Sardines In Cottonseed Oil, 
Packed At Eastport, Washington Co., Me. By L. D. Clark & Son."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On December 7, 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. DUNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.