25775. Adulteration of canned peas.    U. S. v. 1,279 Cases of Canned Peas.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for segre- 
gation and destruction of decomposed portion. (F. & D. no. 87068. 
Sample nos. 69276-B, 59291-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned peas that were found to 
be in part decomposed.
On January 13, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,279 cases of canned 
peas at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about September 6, 1935, by the Smith Canning Co., from 
Brigham City, Utah, and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 13, 1936, the Smith Canning Co., Ogden, Utah, claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be released 
under bond, conditioned that the decomposed portion be segregated and destroyed.
W. R. GSEQG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.