20472. Adulteration of cauliflower.    U. S. v. 32 Crates, et al., of Cauliflower.
Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 29204, 29205.    Sample no. 7612-A.)
These actions involved an interstate shipment of cauliflower which was 
found to bear arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the article 
injurious to health.
On October 14, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid, libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 48 crates of cauliflower, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Miami, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Western Vegetable Distributors, from Denver, Colo., to Miami, Fla., on 
or about September 27, 1932, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Crates) "Rosa Del 
Rancho (Rose of the Ranch) Brand Colorado Cauliflower, Western Vegetable 
Distributors, Denver, Colo."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On November 1, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation 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.