20766. Adulteration of canned sardines.   TJ. S. -v. 41 Cases and 30 Cases of
Canned Sardines. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 29652, 29664, 29665, 29666. Sample nos. 
16758-A, 16764-A.}
These cases involved an interstate shipment of canned sardines that were in 
part decomposed.
On or about December 29, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Texas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 71 cases of canned sardines, in part at Houston, Tex., and in part at Gal- 
veston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about October 12, 1932, by the Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., from Termi- 
nal Island, Calif., into the State of Texas, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Packed by 
Van Camp Sea Food Company, Inc., Terminal Island, Calif., * * * Van 
Camp's Sardines."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On March 17 and April 11, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the prop- 
erty, judgments 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.