14509. Adulteration  of canned  sardines.     U.  S.  v. 3  Cases  and 9 Cases  of
Sardines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture and de- 
struction. (F. & D. No. 19223. I. S. Nos. 13358-v, 13371-T. S. No. 
On December 5, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 12 cases of sardines, at Syracuse, N. Y., alleging that a por- 
tion of the article had been shipped by L. D. Clark & Son, Eastport, Me., on 
or about September 5, 1924, and that the remainder had been shipped from 
Boston, Mass., on or about November 7, 1924, and that the said article had 
been transported in interstate commerce from the respective States of Maine 
and Massachusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Banquet Brand American Sar- 
dines   *   *   *   Packed At Eastport,   *   *   *   Me. By L. D. Clark & Son."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On August 25, 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.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.