20461. Adulteration of   cauliflower.    TI.   S.   v.   26   Crates   of   Cauliflower.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. no. 29277.    Sample no. 21119-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of cauliflower, 
samples of which were found to contain arsenic in an amount which might have 
rendered the article injurious to health.
On, October 29, 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 26 crates of cauliflower, consigned by E. Lotysh, 
Cranbury, N.J., remaining in the original and unbroken packages at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 28, 
1932, from Cranbury, N.J., to Philadelphia, Pa., 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 contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic.
On November 18, 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. TTTGWBLL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.