19300. Adulteration of   canned   chicken   soup   with   noodles.     V.   S.   v.   14
Boxes, Bach  Containing  24  Cans  of  Chicken  Soup  -with Noodles. 
Default    decree    of   condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 26993.    I. S. No. 31270.    S. No. 5218.)
Examination of samples of chicken soup from the shipment herein described 
having shown the presence of beetles and larvae, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California.
On September 24, 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 14 boxes, each containing 24 cans of chicken soup with 
noodles, remaining in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about August 11, 1931, by 
Pure Food Factory Hansa from Mamaroneck, N. Y., and had been transported 
from the State of New York into the State of California, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Cans) "Westchester Brand Chicken Soup with Noodles * * * packed 
by Pure Food Factory, Hansa Mamaroneck, New York, U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy and putrid animal or vegetable substance.
On March 10, 1932, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion 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.