20428. Adulteration of cauliflower. V. S. v. 26 Crates of Cauliflower. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 29226. Sample nos. 13320-A, 13321-A.) This action involved an interstate shipment of cauliflower that was found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered the article injurious to health. On or about October 14, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 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 26 crates of cauliflower, remaining in the original packages at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- state commerce on or about October 2, 1932, by the Hartner Produce Co., from Denver, Colo., to Houston, Tex., 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 added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, to wit, arsenic and lead, which ingredients might have rendered it injurious to health. On November 1, 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.