13661. Adulteration of canned spinach.    U. S. v. 273 Cases     *    *     *     (and 2 other
seizure actions).     (F. D. C. Nos. 22328, 22387, 22445.    Sample Nos. 38412-H, 
67817-H. 67819-H.)
LIBELS FILED:    December 27, 1946, and January 14 and 28,1947. Eastern District
of Oklahoma. Eastern District of Michigan, and. Western District of Oklahoma. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   March 20 and May 31, 1946, by Whiteside Canners, Van
Buren, Ark. 
PRODUCT:   Canned Spinach.   273 cases at Ardmore, Okla., 367 case? at Norman,
Okla., and 49 cases at Ann Arbor, Mich.   Each case contained 24   1-pound,
2-ounee Kans.
LABEL IN PART: "Nu Crest Brand Spinach * * * Packed for Record 
Supply Corporation, Chicago, Illinois" or "Staff-O-Life Brand * * * Dis- 
tributed by Canners Exchange Inc., Springfield. Mo."
NATURE or CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a decomposed substance. (Examination showed that 
the product was decomposed.)
DISPOSITION : February 13 and March 13 and 18. 1947. Default decrees of con- 
demnation. The Ann Arbor lot was ordered delivered to a Federal institution, 
for use as fertilizer, and the remaining lots were ordered destroyed.