28826. Adulteration of sauerkraut. U. S. v. 24 Barrels of Sauerkraut. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 42069. Sample No. 7518-D.) This product was decomposed. On March 28, 1938, 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 a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 24 barrels of sauer- kraut at New York, N. Y., imported from Gdynia, Poland, alleging that the article had been shipped on or about February 19, 1937, by Schenker & Co., for Bacon Export Gniezno, Ltd., Bydgoszcz, Poland, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Sauer- kraut BEG Product of Poland Schenker & Co New York." It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance. On April 23, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condenmation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.