18882. Adulteration of   canned  mushroom   puree.    U.   S.  v.   10%   Cases   of
Canned Mushroom Puree. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26481. I. S. No. 24465, S. No. 
4787.)
Samples of canned mushroom puree 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 Northern District of Illinois,
On June 12, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 10% cases of canned mushroom pur^e at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Keystone Mushroom Co., from Detroit, Mich., 
May 11, 1931, and had been transported from the State of Michigan into the 
State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Keystone Brand Puree of Mush- 
rooms.    *    *    *    Packed by the Keystone Mushroom Co., Coatesville, Pa."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy", decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 12, 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.