20295. Adulteration of   caraway  seed.     U.S.  v.   3  Bags   of   Caraway   Seed.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.   no.
28702.    Sample no. 8845-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of caraway seed 
which contained insect and rodent excreta.
On August 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, 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 three bags of caraway seed, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 18, 1932, by Wood & 
Selick, Inc., from New York, N.Y., to Pittsburgh, Pa., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Product of Holland."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On October 15, 1932, no claim having been made for the property, and the 
consignee having consented to the entry of an order of destruction, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.