6510.  Adulteration  of  canned   corn.     U.   S.    *    *    *    v.  400  Cases  of  Canned?
Corn.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale.     (F. &
D. No. 8807.    I. S. Nos. 8929-p, 8930-p.    S. No. C-823.)
On February 20, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Oklahoma, 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 400 cases, each containing 2 dozen cans of corn, remaining?
unsold in the original, unbroken packages at Muskogee, Okla., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about October 10, 1917, and October 12, 1917,?
by the Forest City Canning Co., Forest City, Iowa, and transported from the?
State of Iowa into the State of Oklahoma, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was variously labeled in part,?
" Our Guarantee Brand Sugar Corn," or " Eventide Brand Sweet Corn," and?
" Packed by Forest City Canning Co., Forest City, Iowa," in each case.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the libel for the?
reason that it consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 13, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation ahd forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that after first labeling and branding the article, the same should be sold?
by the United States marshal to be used as hog feed only.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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