3151. Adulteration of egg plant appetizer.    IT. S. v. 997 Cases of Egg Plant Appe-;
tixer.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.       (F. D. C. No.
5596.   Sample No. 69600-E.)
Examination showed that this product contained rodent hairs, insect 
fragments and larvae, and mites.
On August 30, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York filed a libel (amended September 3, 1941) against 997 cases, each 
containing 1O0 cans, of egg plant appetizer at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the- 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 29, 1941, by 
Uddo-Taormina Corporation from New Orleans, La.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and in 
that it had been prepared under insanitary conditions, whereby it might have 
become contaminated with filth. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
"Progress Caponata Net Contents 5 Ozs. Avoir.    *    *    *    Egg Plant Appetizer."
On October 28, 1941, no claimant having appeared,. judgment of condemnation; 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.