20546. Adulteration of caraway seed.    U.  S. v. 4 Bass, et al., of Caraway
Seed.     Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
nos. 28711, 28712.    Sample nos. 8668-A, 8670-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of caraway 
seed that was found to contain rodent excreta.
On August 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 10 bags of caraway seed, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about October 23, 1931, by Catz American Co., from New York 
City, N. Y., to Pittsburgh, Pa., 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- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On December 19, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation 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.