25935. Adulteration and misbranding of dog and cat food.    U. S. v. 6 Cases and
70 Cases of Dog and Cat Food.    Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 37079.    Sample nos. 8708-B, 46369-B.)
This case involved shipments of dog and cat foot in which viscera, lungs, 
segments of intestines, tissue from the trachea, lips, and stomach; glandular 
tissue, and predigested material from stomachs of animals had been substituted 
for meat and glandular organs from beef and lamb which the article purported 
to contain.
On January 20, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Nevada, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 76 cases, each containing 48 cans 
of dog and cat food, at Reno, Nev., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about November 5 and December 26, 1935, by the 
James-Force Co., of San Francisco, Calif., from San Jose, Calif., and charging 
that the article was adulterated and misbranded in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "Old English Dog and Cat Food 
* * * Economy and quality is the watch word. Best Yet Canning Company, 
San Jose, California. Contains: Meat and glandular organs from beef and 
lamb, vegetables, cereals and everything for proper growth of dogs and cats."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that viscera, lungs, intestine seg- 
ments, tissue from trachea, lips, stomachs, glandular tissue and predigested 
material from stomachs of animals had been substituted for meat and glandular 
organs from beef and lamb, which the article purported to contain.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, "* * * qual- 
ity is the watchword.    *    *    *   Meat and glandular organs from beef and
lamb   *   *   *   for the proper growth of dogs and cats", were false and mis- 
leading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser.
On June 13, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.