15989. Adulteration   of   canned   sardines.    U.   S.   v.   29   Cases   of   Sax'dlnes.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction     (F. &
D. No. 23041.    I. S. No. 02499.    S. No. 1125.)
On August 31, 1928, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, 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 29 cases of sardines at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by A. H. Mayo, from Brooklin, Me., on or about August 
13, 1928, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of New York, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Concordia Brand Sardines.    Weight 3% Ounces."
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 5, 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.
AETHUK M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.