17712. Adulteration of canned sardines.    TJ. S. v. 300 Gases, et al., of Sar 
dines. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. Nos. 25159, 25160, 25161, 25162. I. S. Nos. 963. 964. 965. 
966.    S. No. 3425.)
Samples of canned sardines from the herein described interstate shipments 
having been found to contain decomposed and diseased fish, the Secretary of 
Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the District 
of Oregon.
On September 22, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 571 cases, each containing 100 cans of sardines, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Brawn Co., from Portland, Me., in part on or about May 19, 
1930, and in part on or about June 3, 1930, and had been transported from the 
State of Maine into the State of Oregon, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Casco Brand 
American Sardines   *    *    *   The Brawn Company, Portland, Maine."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance and was the 
product of a diseased fish.
On November 7, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.