16226. Adulteration of   canned   sardines.     U.   S.  v.  9%   Cases   of  Sardines-
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction*
(P. & D. No. 23054.    I. S. No. 02528.    S. No. 1144.)
On September 4, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Hampshire, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizures 
and condemnation of 9% cases of sardines, remaining in the original unbroken, 
packages at Concord, N. H., consigned by the Sunset Packing Co. (Inc.), Pem- 
broke, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped from Pembroke, Me., July. 
31, 1928, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of New Hamp- 
shire, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Sunco Brand * * * Sardines * * ? * 
Packed by Sunset Packing Co., Inc., West Pembroke, Me."
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 3, 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!
R. W. DUSTLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,