18412.  Adulteration of   canned   pimientos.     U.   S.   v.   114   Cases,   et  al.,   of 
Pimientos.    Product  ordered released under bond, tbe unfit por-   I 
tion   to   be   destroyed   and   tbe   remainder   to   be   reconditioned.
(F. & D. Nos. 25469, 25586.    I. S. Nos. 10790, 10791.    S. Nos. 3749, 3895.)
Samples of canned pimientos from the shipments herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.
On December 10 and December 29, 1930, the United States attorney filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 147 cases of canned pimientos, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Pomona Products Co., Griffin, Ga., in part on or about Septem- 
ber 3, 1930, and in part on or about September 4, 1930, and had been transported 
from the State of Georgia into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
The portions of the article which were seized by the United States marshal 
were labeled in part, variously: (Jars) "Sunshine Brand Pimientos Pomona 
Products Co., Griffin, Ga. * * * First Quality;" "Altus The AJG * * * 
Pimientos The Amos-James Grocer Co., Distributors;" " White Ribbon Brand 
KS Co. * * * Pimientos Distributed by Krenning-Schlapp Grocer Co., St. 
Louis, Mo.;" "Liberty Brand * * * Sweet Red Peppers;" "Cedar Hill 
Brand * * * Pimientos Hassendeubel Grocery Co. Distributors St. Louis, 
Mo.;" "Clover Farm * * * G. & P. Co. Brand Pimientos Distributed by 
Clover Farm Stores National Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio;" "Topmost 
* * * Tibbitts-Hewitt Grocery Co., Distributors, St. Louis, Mo. Red Pi- 
mientos."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted partly of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 13, 1931, the Pomona Products Co., Griffin Ga., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having filed bonds in the sum of $300, conditioned 
as provided by law, decrees were entered approving the bonds and ordering that 
the product be delivered to the claimant to be shipped to its plant at Griffin, 
Ga., and examined under the supervision of this department; that the portion 
unfit for human consumption be destroyed and the remainder reconditioned by i 
sterilization, and that none of the said product be disposed of until inspected 
by a representative of this department.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.