17243. Adulteration of canned pie peacbes.    V. S. v. 140 Cases of Canned
Unpeeled Pie Peaches. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24091. I. S. No. 010472. S. No. 
2344.)
On or about October 2, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western 
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 pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 140 cases of canned pie peaches, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Monroe, La., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Pomona Products Cos., from Griffin, Ga., on or about July 
16,1929, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Louisiana, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Blue Jay Brand Unpeeled Pie Peaches * * * Packed 
by Pomona Products Co., Griffin, Ga."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance.
On March 31,1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of i 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.