27444. Adulteration of canned beets.     U. S. v. 54 Cases of Canned Beets.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 39392. Sample 
no. 45711-C.)
This case involved canned beets that were in part decomposed.
On April 17, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 54 cases of canned beets at Min- 
neapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about April 3, 1937, by the Green Bay Canning Corporation from 
Green Bay, Wis., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Fort Howard Brand Cut Beets * * * 
Green Bay Canning Corporation Green Bay Wisconsin."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 12, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.