15955. Adulteration of canned sardines. U. S. v. 26% Cases of Sardines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 23048. I. S. No. 03161. S. No. 1135.) On September 1, 1928, 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 26% cases of sardines, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the North Lubec Mfg. & Canning CO., North Lubec, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped from North Lubec, Me., on or about August 7, 1928, and transported from the State of Maine 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 decomposed animal substance. On October 2, 1928, 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. AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.