22802. Adulteration of  canned  mustard  greens.    XT.  S. v. 29  Cases, et  al.,
of Canned Mustard Greens. Decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 32TS3. 32792, 32805, 32825, 32826, 33000. 
Sample nos. 61842-A, 61848-A, 61849-A, 61850-A. 61853-A, 66515-A.)
These cases involved various shipments of canned mustard greens which were 
insect-infested.
On May 22, June 5, and June 7, 1934, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of Louisiana, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 127 
cases of canned mustard greens in various lots at Eunice, Church Point, Qu- 
incy, and Lafayette, La. On June 23, 1934, the United States attorney for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana filed a libel against 89 cases of mustard 
greens at New Orleans, La. It was alleged in the libels that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce between the dates of October 5, 1933, and 
May 9, 1934, in part by the Orange Products Co., from Orange, Tex., and in part 
by the Phelan Co., from Beaumont, Tex., and that it was adulterated in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Del-Dixi Brand 
Mustard Greens    *    *    *    Orange Products Company, Packers, Orange, Texas."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
The Orange Products Co., intervened and filed answers admitting the allega- 
tion of the libels. On June 18, 1934, the cases in the Western District of Louisi- 
ana came on for hearing before the court, and judgments were entered condemn-
ing the product, ordering that it be destroyed, and taxing costs against the 
Orange Products Co. On July 2, 1934, the intervener having consented to the 
destruction of the product, judgment was entered ordering that it be condemned 
and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.