17808. Adulteration of canned sardines. U. S. v. 26 Cases of Canned 
Sardines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.    (F.  & D.  No.  25170.    I.  S.  No.  5937.    S.  No.  3413.)
Samples of canned sardines from the herein-described interstate shipment 
having been found to contain diseased fish, the Secretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western District 
of North Carolina.
On September 29, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 26 cases of canned sardines, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Charlotte, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Seacoast Canning Co., from Eastport, Me., on or about July 1, 1930, 
and had been transported from the State of Maine into the State of North 
Carolina, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs aet. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can)   "Neptune  Brand Maine  Sardines
* *   *   Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance and was the product of a 
diseased animal.
On December 3, 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.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.