9734. Adulteration of flnnan baddie.     U.  S.     *     *     *     v. 17 Boxes     *      *     *
of Finnan Haddie.     Default decree ordering the destruction of the 
prodnet.     (F. & D. No. 12550.    I. S. No. 8891-r.     S. No. C-1884.)
On April 13, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
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 17 boxes of finnan haddie, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by Alfred Jones 
Sons, Bangor, Me., on or about March 19, 1920, and transported from the State 
of Maine into the State of Minnesota, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, (box) "Jones Cele- 
brated Finnan Haddie A. J. S."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid substances.
On April 16, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, on motion 
of the United States attorney it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal since it was in a decomposed, putrid 
condition and unfit for food.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.