16687. Adulteration of canned sardines. U. S. v. 50 Cases of Sardines. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction entered.     (F. &
D. No. 23053.    I. S. No. 02503.    S. No. 1143.)
On September 6, 1928, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
.iiabama, 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 50 cases of sardines at Fayette1, Ala., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Ramsdell Packing Co., from Eastport, Me., August 13, 
1928, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Alabama, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part:" Stag Brand Sardines * * * Packed by Ramsdell Packing 
Co., Lubec, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed animal substance.
On June 14, 1929, 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, HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.'