14765. Adulteration of canned succotash and canned peas. IT. S. v. 26 Cases of Succotash, et al. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Products released nnder bond. (F. & D. Nos. 20821, 20823, 20825, 21216, 21217, 21243. I. S. Nos. 6981-x, 6982-x, 6986-x, 8235-x, 8238-x, 8275-x. S. Nos. E-5631, E-5632, E-5633, E-5797, E-5S23, E-5824.) On or about February 5 and August 11 and 23, 1926, respectively, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 47 cases of canned succotash and 325 cases of canned peas, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Scranton, Pa., alleging that the articles had been shipped by the Knoxboro Canning Co., from Oriskany Falls, N. Y., in various consignments, on or about October 24, 26, and 28, 1925, and March 19, 1926, respectively, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The articles were labeled, variously: " Knoxboro Brand Succotash * * * Knoxboro Canning Co. Knoxboro, N. Y."; "White Mountain Brand Succotash * * * New Hartford Canning Co. New Hart- ford, * * * N. Y.": "Knoxboro Brand Golden Succotash * * * Knoxboro Canning Co. Knoxboro, N. Y."; " Golden Eagle Brand Sweet Wrinkled Peas * * * Knoxboro Canning Co. Knoxboro * * * N. Y."; "White Mountain Brand Sweet Peas * * * New Hartford Canning Co. New Hartford, * * * N. Y."; "Knoxboro Brand Sweet Peas * * * Knoxboro Canning Co. Knoxboro, N. Y." Adulteration of the articles was alleged in the libels for the reason that a substance, to wit, saccharin, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect their quality and strength and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said articles, for the further reason that they had been mixed in a manner whereby damage or inferiority was concealed, and for the further reason that they contained an added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharin, which might have rendered them injurious to health. On November 15, 1926, the New Hartford Canning Co., New Hartford N. Y., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the products be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bonds totaling $1,075, conditioned in part that they be returned to New Hartford, N. Y., and not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the Federal food and drugs act, or the laws of any State, Territory, District, or insular possession of the United States which prohibits the use of saccharin in products for human consumption. W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.