18822. Adulteration of canned tuna fish. U. S. v. 60 Cases of Tuna Fisb. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26479, I. S. Nos. 33831, 33832. S. No. 4772.) Samples of canned tuna fish 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 Eastern District of New ,York. On June 10, 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 50 cases, each containing 48 cans of tuna fish, remaining unsold in the original packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the California Sea Food Co., from Los Angeles, Calif., on or about March (April) 28, 1931, and had been transported from the State of California into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Caltuna Brand [or "Montecito Brand"] California Light Meat Tuna Salad Pieces * * * Guaranteed by California Sea Food Co., Los Angeles, Calif." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance. On July 16, 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. ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.