28879. Adulteration of potatoes.    U. S. v. 399 Sacks and 228 Sacks of Potatoes-
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 41932, 
41944.    Sample Nos. 16152-D, 16153-D.)
These potatoes were seriously damaged by net necrosis.
On March 11, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 627 sacks of potatoes 
at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about February 19, 1938, from Charlestown, Mass., by Roy G. 
Spark, Inc., Produce Market, of Charlestown, Mass., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion was labeled: "Packed By 
A. E. Mooers   Houlton   Maine."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 20, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation** 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture