1^116. Adulteration of  canned  peas.    TJ.   S. v.  600   Cases   of  Canned   Peas.
**               Consent    decree   of   condemnation and   forfeitni'e.     Product   re-.
leased   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No. 21056.    I    S.   No.   8129-x.    S    No.
E-5755.)
j&On May 6, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of.New Jersey, 
Ipting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
^the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
|g-600 cases of canned peas, at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had 
j|een shipped by the Knoxboro Canning Co., Oriskany Falls, N. Y., on or about 
jfanuary 29, 1926, and transported from the State of New York into the State of 
lew Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Phe article was labeled in part. " White Mountain Brand Sweet Peas    *    *    *
Hartford Canning Co. New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y." 
jjjlt'was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that a substance, 
Sa'ccharin, had been substituted m part for the said article, and in that it con- 
iained an added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient,  saccharin, 
raiich might have rendered it injurious to health.
TOn December 2, 1926, the New Hartford Canning Co., Ltd., New Hartford, 
%f Y., having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to
ie entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
an
'd it was ordered by the court that the product be released  to  the said
laimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a
and in the sum of $150, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise
lisposed of contrary to the Federal food and drugs act, or contrary to the laws
|of any State, Territory, District, or insular possession of the United States,
*whirh prohibits the use of saccharin in like products for human consumption.
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.
fptellT. Adulteration of tomato paste. TJ. S. v. 18 Cases of Tomato Paste. 
E- Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
13 D. No. 21542.    I. S. No. 15099-x.    S. No. C-5313.)
p On January 25, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
jjj&duisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
|?istrict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
S?4&hdemnation of 18 cases of tomato paste, remaining in the original unbroken 
pfaekages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
pJohn S. Mitchell Inc., Windfall, Ind., on or about November 24, 1926, and trans- 
ported from the State of Indiana into the State of Louisiana, and charging 
|?dulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
Sb part: (can) "Imperial Brand Pure Tomato Paste, * * * Distributed 
^By John S. Mitchell, Inc. Windfall, Ind."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con-5 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. '"
On March 10, 1927, 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. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.