19907. Adulteration of canned sweetpotatoes.    U. S. v. 103 Cases of Canned
Sweetpotatoes.    Default decree  of destruction  entered.     (F.  & D
No. 28222.    I. S. Nos. 50824, 50825, 50826.    S. No. 6096.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of quantities of canned sweet- 
potatoes, samples of which were found to be decomposed.
On April 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, 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 103 cases of canned sweetpotatoes, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at St. Joseph, Mo., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 29, 1931, by the 
John W. Taylor Packing Co., from Hallwood, Va., to St. Joseph, Mo., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article con- 
sisted of three different lots labeled in part, respectively:  (Cans)  "Red and
White Brand Sweet Potatoes;" " Gypsy Boy Brand Sweet Potatoes;" " Son- , 
flower Brand Extra Quality New Jersey Sweet Potatoes." 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 10,1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree was 
entered adjudging the product to be adulterated and ordering that it be de- 
stroyed by the United States marshal.
HENSY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.