20610. Adulteration of   canned  pumpkin.     U.   S.  v.  299  Cases   of  Canned
Pumpkin.    Default   decree   of  condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. no. 29191.    Sample no. 20365-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned pumpkin, 
samples of which were found to be unsterile and decomposed.
On November 4, 1932, the United States attorney for the Middle 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 299 cases of canned pumpkin, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 30, 1932, by William 
Laning & Son Co., from Bridgeton, N. J., to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Cans) "Silver Lake Brand Fancy Pumpkin * * * Packed by 
W. Laning & Son Co., Bridgeton, Cumberland Co. N. J."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 15, 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. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.