23348. Adulteration of cauliflower.     U.  S. v.  5%   Crates  and  16  Crates  of
Cauliflower.     Default  decrees   of  condemnation  and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 33752, 34151.    Sample nos. 17872-B, 17883-B.)
An examination of the cauliflower involved in these cases showed the presence 
of arsenic in an amount that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 8 and 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 21^ 
crates of cauliflower at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 5 and October 9, 1934, by 
Joseph Sarafin, from Robbinsville, N. J., and charging adulteration, in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poi- 
sonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On November 5, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.