20803. Adulteration of   canned   pumpkin.     V.   S.   -v.   10  Cases   of   Canned
Pumpkin.    Default  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  de- 
struction.     (F. & D. no. 29709.    Sample no. 22444-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned pumpkin that was found to be un- 
sterile and decomposed.
On December 31, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, 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 10 cases of canned pumpkin, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Frederick, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about December 14, 1932, by the William Laning 
& Son Co., from Bridgeton, N.J., to Frederick, Md., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Silver Lake Brand Fancy Pumpkin."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 16A 1933, 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. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.