19646. Adulteration of cabbage.    U.  S. v. 441  Packages  of  Cabbage.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 27376.   I. S. No. 42953.   S. No. 5577.)
Arsenic having been found on samples of cabbage taken from the shipment 
herein described, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United 
States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
On December 14, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 441 packages of cabbage, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by C. M. 
Gibson, from Meggett, S. C, on or about December 7, 1931, and had been trans-
ported from the State of South Carolina into the State of Pennsylvania, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenic.
On January 4,1932, 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.
ABTHUB; M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.