20328. Adulteration of cauliflower.    U.S. v. 960 Crates of Cauliflower.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D.
no. 29083.    Sample nos. 8510-A, 20360-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of cauliflower 
that was found to bear arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On October 3, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 960 crates of cauliflower remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in part on or about September 23 and in part on or about Sep- 
tember 26, 1932, by Western Vegetable Distributors, Denver, Colo., and had 
been transported from the State of Colorado 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 con- 
tained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, arsenic, in an amount 
which might have rendered the article harmful to health.
On October 25, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture 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.