14419. Adulteration of canned, sardines. IT. S. v. 8 Cases and 64 Cans of 
Sardines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.    (F. & D. No. 19381.    I. S. No. 16899-v.    S. No. E-5048.)
On December 20, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Hampshire, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seiz- 
ure and condemnation of 8 cases and 64 cans of sardines, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Manchester, N. H., consigned by the Bayshore 
Sardine Co., Columbia, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Columbia,  Me.,   October  9,  1924,  and transported  from  the   State  of  Maine
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into the State of New Hampshire, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " B. &' S. Brand 
American Sardines    *    *    *    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 June 3, 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.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.