19787. Adulteration of cabbage. U. S. v. 1 Carload, et al., of Cabbage. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- leased under bond to be reconditioned. (6610—A, 6670-A. F. & D. Nos. 28337, 28358.) Arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the article injurious to health was found on cabbage taken from the interstate shipments involved in these actions. On May 11, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 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 one carload of cabbage at Peoria, Ill. On or about May 13, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana filed a libel against one carload of cabbage at Indianapolis, Ind. It was alleged in the libels that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by M. E. Girard from Lafayette, La., the former on or about May 5, 1932, to Peoria, Ill., and the latter on or about May 6, 1932, to Indianapolisj Ind., and that it was adulterated in violation of the food and drugs act. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it contained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic, which might have rendered it injurious to health. M. E. Girard, Lafayette, La., entered an appearance as claimant for the prop- erty in both cases and consented to the entry of decrees. On May 12 and May 14, 1932, respectively, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of bonds totaling $2,000, conditioned in part that it should not be sold or disposed of in violation of the Federal food and drugs act and all other laws. The decrees provided further that the product be reconditioned under the supervision of this department and the unfit portions destroyed. In supervising the reconditioning this department required the complete removal of the arsenic by washing or other mKans. HENBT A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.