'44. Adulteration of   canned   sardines.    U.   S.   v.   15   Cases   of   Sardines. 
Default decree of condemnation   forfeiture, and destruction.     (F;
& D^NobaSOOSi. I)..SbN?, 02497..   iSijMo. 109/7.)
ti or about1 'Se^teTthber %il%.@%8j'the United Spates attorney for the WesteM
*rict of'VirglnSa, 'acting $Lp&te.'Wii?eporti by the Secretary ? ?d 'Agricultuiies filed
the District Cbttrt of tti& United^ States" ikt gaid fflftsStJ-ict fa lifcel paying
zure-and' cond'eEfiii'a!tioB,?o*f !il5-?afeesii?tf sardiaes-, remaining in the original
broken packages at Winchester, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped
the-Ram^fterl^Batileih^ 0o4?4Mm .Eubeo/:Me?, August 11, 1928, and transported
om the State of Maine into the State of Virginia, and charging adulteration in
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violation of the food and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: "Ramco 
Brand Sardines Packed by Bamsdell Packing Co., Lubec, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained in whole or in part a decomposed animal substance.
On October 23, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.