16892. Adulteration of canned peaches.    V. S. -v. 528 Cases of Canned Un 
peeled Pie Peaches. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product   released  under  bond.     (F.  &  D.  No.  24092.    I.   S.   No.   0972.
S. No. 2339.)
On September 30, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, 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 528 cases of canned unpeeled pie peaches, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the W. L. Houser Canning Co., Fort Valley, Ga., on or about 
July 19, 1929, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of 
Louisiana, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act
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The article  was labeled  in part:   (Case)   "Georgia Peaches  Oakdale Brand 
Unpeeled Pies Packed by W. L. Houser Canning Co., Fort Valley, Ga."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or vegetable sub- 
stance unfit for food.
On November 4, 1929, the Fraering Brokerage Co. (Inc.), New Orleans, La., 
having appeared as claimant for the property, and having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum. of $2,500, con- 
ditioned in part that it be rendered free from worms and any decomposed or 
putrid animal or vegetable substance and should not be used, sold, or disposed 
of without having been inspected by a representative of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.