5404. Adulteration of sardines. IT. S. * * * v. 75 Cases of Sardines. De- 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. 
No. 7935.    I. S. No. 2537-m.    S. No. B-779.)
On December 22, 1918, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 75 -eases, each containing 100 cans of sardines, remaining un- 
sold in the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about November 13, 1916, by D. D. Clark & 
Son, Eastport, Me., and transported from the State of Maine into the State of 
New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Clark Brand American Sardines in Cotton- 
seed oil. * * * Packed at Eastport, Washn. Co. Maine by L. D. Clark & 
Son."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in particular, wholly or in part, of a decomposed animal substance, 
to wit, decomposed fish.
On January 10, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.