19116. Adulteration of   canned   sardines.     II.   S.   v.   149   Cases   of   Canned
Sardines.    Decree    of   condemnation   entered.     Product   released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 26931.    I.  S. No. 36190.    S. No. 5123.)
Samples of canned sardines from the shipment herein described were found 
to be partly diseased and decomposed. The product had been shipped by 
Connors Bros. (Ltd.), Black's Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada, from Boston, 
Mass.
On August 31, 1931, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 149 cases of canned sardines at Oklahoma City, 
Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce from 
Boston, Mass., into the State of Oklahoma, on or about June 8, 1931, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) "Brunswick Brand Canadian Sardines In Oil Packed 
By Connors Bros. Ltd. Black's Harbour N. B. Canada."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance, and 
for the further reason that it was the product of a diseased animal.
On September 25, 1931, Carroll, Brough & Robinson Wholesale Co., and the 
Wallace Bros. Brokerage Co., both of Oklahoma City, Okla., having entered 
an appearance and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
released to the Wallace Bros. Brokerage Co., upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that it should not 
be sold contrary to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act, or the 
laws of any State, Territory, or insular possession.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.