8074. Adulteration of canned sardines,   tl. S. v. 8 Cases of Canned Sardines.   De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 6043.    Sample 
No. 75540-E.)
Examination of this product showed that it was undergoing progressive 
spoilage.
On October 20, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts filed a libel against 8 cases of canned sardines at Boston, Mass., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 18, 
1940, by Francis H. Leggett & Co. from New York, N. Y.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance. It was labeled in part: "Clita Brand Importe du Portugal * * * 
Sardine Portoghesi."
On March 30, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.