20490. Adulteration of cauliflower.    V. S. v. 122 Crates of Cauliflower.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D.
no. 29564.    Sample nos. 4858-A, 4864-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of cauliflower that 
was found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 29, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 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 122 crates of cauliflower at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on October 17, 1932, by S. A. 
Gerrard Co., from Pueblo, Colo., to Chicago, Ill., 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 or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts 
which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On December 14, 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.