30683. Adulteration of canned spinach.    U. S. v. 24 Cases of Spinach.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 45240.    Sample No. 
57529-D.)
Examination of this product showed that it contained insect larvae and 
fragments.
On April 27, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 24 cases of canned spinach at 
Portland, Oreg.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about February 23, 1939, by the Larsen Co. from Green Bay, Wis.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Red & White Strained Spinach * * * Red 
& White Corn. Distributors, Chicago, Ill."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On June 20, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.