24788. Adulteration of canned anchovies sprats.    TJ. S. v. 344 Cans and 40 Cans
of Anchovy Sprats. Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. no. 35480.    Sample no. 21983-B.)
This case involved imported anchovies sprats which were undergoing active 
bacterial spoilage.
On May 10, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 384 cans of anchovies 
sprats at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by A-B 
Hugo Hallgrens Konservfabriker, from Gothenburg, Sweden, arriving at the 
port of New York on or about October 15, 1934, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Bravo Swedish Anchovies Sprats A-B Hugo Hallgrens Konservfabriker 
Gothenburg, Sweden."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of decomposed animal substances.
On May 28, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.