5127.  Adulteration of canned peas.     V. S. v. 35 Cases of Canned Peas.     De- 
fault  decree  of condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F. &
I>. No. 21071.    I. S. No. 6316-x.    S. No. E-5763.)
PJ' On May 13, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
lourt of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
iemnation of 35 cases of canned peas, remaining unsold at Trenton, N. J., 
tlleging that the article had been shipped by the Knoxboro Canning Co., 
" jjiskany Falls, N. Y., on or about January 20, 1926, and transported from the 
|tate of New York into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in 
alation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (can) 
iMohawk Valley Brand June Peas * * * New Hartford Canning Co, 
|fcw Hartford,    *    *    *   N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a
f&bstance, saccharin, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce,
per, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted
51= part for the said article, for the further reason that it had been mixed in a
Banner whereby damage or inferiority was concealed,  and for  the further
|pason that it contained an added poisonous or other added deleterious ingre-
jent, saccharin, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
?On June 25, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court
fat the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.