20442. Adulteration of   cauliflower.    V.   S.   v.   13   Crates,   et   al.,   of   Cauli¬
flower.       Consent    decrees    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    de- 
struction.     (F. & D. nos. 29320, 29329.    Sample nos. 18866-A, 18867-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipments of quantities of cauliflower, 
samples of which were found to bear arsenic in an amount which might have 
rendered the article injurious to health.
On October 24, 1932 and November 1, 1932, the United States attorney for 
the Northern District of Texas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district afore- 
said libels praying seizure and condemnation of 21 crates and 6 heads of cauli- 
flower at Dallas, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, in part on or about October 7, 1932, and in part on or about October 
8, 1932, by Western Vegetable Distributors, from Denver, Colo., to Dallas, Tex., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which might have ren- 
dered the article injurious to health.
On November 7, 1932, by consent of the consignees, judgments of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture were 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.