6406. Adulteration Of peaches. TJ. S. * * * v. 500 and 700 Oases * * *?
Peacltes. Defan.lt. decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 8519.    I   S. No. 2515-p.    S. No. E-890.)
On October 6, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and?
condemnation of 500 cases containing 12,000 cans and 700 cases containing?
16,800 cans of peaches, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at?
Pensacola, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped on July 16, 1917, by?
Vam & Piatt, Marshallville, Ga<, and transported from the State of Georgia?
into the State of Florida, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Thunderbolt Brand Pie?
Peaches.    *    *    *   Packed by Vara & Piatt Co., Marshallville, Ga."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On March 5, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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