15469.  Adulteration of canned peas.     V. S. v. 17 Cases of Canned Peas.    De- 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F   &
D. No. 22192.    1. g   Nos. 20060-x, 20061-x.    S. No. 250.)
On November 19, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 17 cases of Canned peas, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Egypt Canning Co., Penn Yan, 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from Penn Yan, N. Y., on or 
about August 25, 1927, and transported from the State of New York into the 
State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On December 12, 1927, 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. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.