27448. Adulteration of canned beets.     U. S. v. 103 Cases of Canned Beets.    De¬
fault decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 39531.    Sample no. 30458-C.)
This case involved canned beets that were in part decomposed.
On April 29, 1937, the United States attorney for the "Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 103 cases of canned 
beets at Kansas City, Mo., alleged that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 23, 1937, by the Germantown Canning Co., from 
Germantown, Wis., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Elegante Brand Fancy Cut Table 
Beets   *    *    *   Packed by Germantown Canning Co. Germantown, Wis."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 9, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered ordering 
that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.