14973. Adulteration of celery U. S. v. 1 Carload of Celery. Consent de??
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under?
bond.     (F. & D. No. 21771.    I. S. No. 16590-x.    S. No. E-6070.)
On March 23, 1927, the United States attorney for the Middle District of?
Pennsylvania, 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 1 carload of celery, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., alleging that?
the article had been shipped by the Sanford Oveido Truck Growers, Inc., from?
Cameron City, Fla., March 11, 1927, and transported from the State of Florida?
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of?
the food and drugs act.   The article was labeled, " Seminole Brand."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con??
tained an added poisonous ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which might be harmful?
to health.
On April 4, 1927, the Sanford Oveido Truck Growers, Inc., Sanford, Fla.,?
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the?
entry of a decree, and said claimant having petitioned for the release of the?
product for the purpose of salvaging by washing it, judgment of condemnation?
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the said?
product be released to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceed??
ings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part?
that no part thereof be sold or otherwise disposed of until examined, passed?
upon, and released by a representative of this department, and that the?
balance be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.