21397. Adulteration of cauliflower. U. S. v. A Quantity of Cauliflower. 
Default decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 30911. Sample no. 
42649-A.)
This case involved a quantity of cauliflower which was found to bear arsenic 
in an amount which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On July 28, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of a quantity of cauliflower 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about July 20, 1933, by the Western Vegetable Distributors, 
from Denver, Colo., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Rosa Del Rancho [Rose of the 
Ranch] Brand Colorado Cauliflower, Western Vegetable Distributors, * * * 
Denver, Colo."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
arsenic, an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, which might have ren- 
dered it injurious to health.
On September 25, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment was entered nunc pro tunc as of July 29, 1933, ordering that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.