22897. Adulteration of canned sardines. TJ. S. v. 47 Cases and 253 Cases of Canned Sardines. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 32401, 32442. Sample nos. 41997-A, 72252-A, 72253-A, 72256-A.) These cases involved shipments of canned sardines that were in part decom- posed. On April 2 and April 5, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 300 cases of canned sardines at Denver, Colo., consigned by the California Packing Corporation, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about October 4, 1933, from Alameda, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Del Monte Brand California Sardines, California Packing Corp. Main Office San Francisco, California." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance. On August 8, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and destruction of the product was ordered. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.