18790. Adulteration of celery. TT. S. v. 98 Crates of Celery. Default de- 
cree  of  condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F.  & D. No.
26523.    I. S. No. 33898.    S. No. 4836.)
Samples of celery from the shipment herein described having been found to 
bear a large amount of arsenical spray residue, the Secretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey.
On June 22, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 98 crates of celery, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Newark, 
N. J., alleging that on or about June 16, 1931, the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce into the State of New Jersey by W. C. Deyo, of New York, 
N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On July 15, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
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.