19273. Adulteration of   canned   sardines.    IT.   S.   v.   19   Cases   of   Canned
Sardines.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 27023.    I.  S. No. 35739.    S. No. 5256.)
The canned sardines in the shipment herein described having been found to 
be diseased and unfit for food, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
On or about October 5, 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 19 cases of canned sardines at Lawton, Okla., consigned by 
Connors Bros. (Ltd.), alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
June 19, 1931, in interstate commerce from Boston, Mass., into the State of 
Oklahoma, 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 con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance, 
and in that it was the product of a diseased animal.
On January 18,1932, 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.