23396. Adulteration of cauliflower.    J. S. v. 45 Crates of Cauliflower.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34309. 
Sample no. 17892-B.)
An examination of the cauliflower involved in this case showed the presence 
of lead in an amount that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 13, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 45 crates of 
cauliflower at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about October 12, 1934, by C. S. Danzer, from 
Mount Holly, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it harm- 
ful to health.
On November 5, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered, and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.