20343. Adulteration of cauliflower.    U.S. v. 190 Crates of Cauliflower.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D.
no. 29155.    Sample no. 20385-A.)
This action involved a shipment of cauliflower that was found to bear 
arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On October 7, 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 praying 
seizure and condemnation of 190 crates of cauliflower, remaining in the origi- 
nal unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about September 27, 1932, by Bourk- 
Donaldson-Taylor, Inc., from Denver, Colo., to Philadelphia, Pa., and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " B-D-T-Inc. from Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor, Inc., Denver, Colo- 
rado."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic.
On October 28, 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.
R. G. TVQWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.