18584. Adulteration of canned pumpkin.   U. S. v. 260 Cases   *   *   *.    (F. D. C.
No. 32271.    Sample No. 2950-L.) 
LIBEL FILED:    On or about December 10,  1951,  Southern District of West
Virginia. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about September 20,1951, by the E. G. Reece Canning
Co., from Waldron, Ind. 
PRODUCT:   260 cases, each containing 24   1-pound, 13-ounce cans, of pumpkin
at Charleston, W. Va. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Can)    "Conquest Brand   Pumpkin."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of fly and 
other insect parts; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 4, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution, to be used as 
animal feed.