17668. Adulteration of canned sweetpotatoes. U. S. v. 54 Cases of Street- 
potatoes.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 24736.    I. S. No. 027851.    S. No. 3092.)
Samples of the canned sweetpotatoes from the herein described interstate 
shipment having been found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York.
On April 26, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 54 cases of canned sweetpotatoes at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by Insley & Mitchell, from Salisbury, Md., on or 
about February 15, 1930, and transported from the State of Maryland to the 
State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: " I & M Brand Sweet Potatoes Packed by 
Insley & Mitchell, Salisbury, Md."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On July 1, 1930, 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.