16126. Adulteration of canned sardines. V. S. v. 6% Cases, et al., of Sar- 
dines. Default decrees of destruction entered. (F. & D. Nos. 23050, 
23125.    I. S. Nos. 02475, 02539.    S. Nos. 1130, 1225.)
On September 4 and October 8, 1928, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the District of Massachusetts, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 11 cases of sardines, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages, in part at Boston, Mass., and in part at Salem, 
Mass., consigned about May 29, 1928, and June 15, 1928, respectively, alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Sunset Packing Co., Pembroke, Me., 
and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Sunco Brand Sardines Sunset Pacldng Co., Inc., West Pem- 
broke, Me."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 14, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments were entered by default ordering that the product be destroyed by the 
United States marshal.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.