17684. Adulteration of canned peas.    U.  S. v. 754 Cases  of  Canned Peas.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 24943.    I. S. No. 431.    S. No. 3315.)
Samples of canned peas from the herein described interstate shipment having 
been found to contain thistle buds, flower buds, pods and stems, weed seed, 
stones, and other trash, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the District of Colorado.
On August 8, 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 754 cases of canned peas, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Oostburg Canning Co., Oostburg, 
Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped from Oostburg, Wis., on or 
about July 14, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Wisconsin into 
the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a mixture 
of trash and peas had been substituted for canned peas. Adulteration was 
alleged for the further reason that the article consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 19, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.