3960. Adulteration of canned asparagus.    IT. S. v. 280 Cases, 50 Cases, and 270
: Cases of - Canned Asparagus.    Default decree of condemnation and de- 
\     ¦-./.'¦  strnction. ..(BY D. C. No. 7796,.   Sample Nos. 89548-E, 89549-B, 89550-B.)
' Examination showed that a large proportion of this product had undergone 
flat-sour decomposition.
On June 23, 1942, the United States'attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York filed a libel against a total of 600 cases of canned asparagus at Brooklyn, 
N.Y.j alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce On or 
about May 19,1942, by Apte Bros; Canning Go. from Woodside, Del.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed
- substance. (Investigation disclosed that the product had been introduced in in* 
terstate commerce by the Kenton Packing Co. in the name of the Apte Bros. 
Canning Co., the latter firm acting as brokers in the"transaction.) Portions of 
the article were labeled in part: (Cases) "24 No. 2 Sweet life Xtra'Large [or 
"Small Spears"] All Green Asparagus"; (cans) "All Green Spears Asparagus 
Sweet Life * * * Distributed By Sweet Life Food Corp. Brooklyn, N:Y." 
The remainder was labeled: (Case) "Small Asparagus Unlabeled."     ;
Qh August 19, 1942, ho claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product Was ordered destroyed.