23894. Adulteration of  canned   sardines.    V.   S.  v.  20   Cases   of   Sardines.
Default   decree   of  condemnation   and   destruction.    (F.   &  D.   no.
32593.    Sample no. 12608-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned sardines which were in part 
decomposed.
On April 25, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 20 cases of canned sardines 
at Abilene, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 25, 1933, by the California Packing Corporation, 
from Oakland, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Madison's Ideal Brand 
California Sardines * * * California Packing Corporation * * * San 
Francisco, California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On November 9, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.