21480. Adulteration of canned reindeer meat. TJ. S. v. 1,195 Cases of 
Canned Reindeer Meat. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 28639.    Sample no. 13666-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned reindeer meat which was found 
to be in part unsterile and decomposed.
On August 10, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,195 cases of canned 
reindeer meat at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about June 27, 1932, by the Lomen Reindeer Cor- 
poration, from Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Lomen Alaskan Rein- 
deer Arctic Brand Picnic Loaf * * * Packed by Lomen Reindeer Corn. 
Nome, Alaska, Seattle, Washington, New York, N. Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On August 12, 1933, the claim and answer of the Lomen Reindeer Corpora- 
tion having been withdrawn, judgment of condemnation was entered and it 
was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.