16334. Adulteration of ice cream cones. TJ. S. v. 31000 Ice Cream Cones. 
Default decree of destruction entered. (P. & D. tNo. 21294. I. 'S. NoS. 
338'2-x, 33'83-x.    S. No. C-&237.)
On September 17, 1926, the United States atttffhey for the District *6'f Min- 
nesota, acting upon a report Ivy the 'Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 31,000 ice cream cones, remaining in 'the original uhbroken 
packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Central Cone Co., from Chicago, Ill., August 7, 1926, and transported 
from the State of Illinois into the State of Minnesota, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. A portion of 'the article was labeled 
in part: (Cartons) "
'250 Marvel Sugar Egg'Cones * * * Manufactured by 
Central Con'e Co., Inc., Chicago." The remainder of the said article was labeled 
in part: (Cartons) "250 Cenco Cones Sugar Cake Ice Cream Cones * * * 
From Central Cone Co. Chicago."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance, saccharin, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
or injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly 
or in part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason 
that the article contained an added poisonous ingredient, saccharin, which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On March 7, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court "was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.