18291. Adulteration of  canned   pimientos.    U.   S.   v.   16   Cases,   et   al.,   of
Red Pimientos.    Default decrees of destruction entered.     (P. & D.
Nos. 25653, 25654.    I. S. Nos. 17401, 17402.    S. No. 3947.)
Samples of canned pimientos from the shipment herein described having 
been found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi.
On or about January 12 and January 16, 1931, the United States attorney 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 75 cases of canned pimientos at Jackson, 
Miss., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Pomona Products Co., 
from Griffin, Ga., on or about September 6, 1930, and had been transported 
from the State of Georgia into the State of Mississippi, and charging adultera-
tion in violation of the food and drugs act.   The article was contained in jars 
labeled in part: " Sunshine Brand   *    *    *   First Quality Pimientos, Pomona ( 
Products Co. Griffin, Georgia."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On May 11, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
were entered finding that the product should be condemned, and ordering that 
it be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHUE M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.