11950. Adulteration of canned sardines.    IT. S. v. 79 Cases of Sardines.    De 
fault   decree  of condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.      (F.  &
?   D. No. 17739.    I. S. Nos. 6685-v, 6688-v.    S. No. C-4108.)
On August 21, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 79 cases of sardines, at St. Louis, Mo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Columbian Canning Co., Lubec, Me., 
on or about June 8, 1923, and transported from the State of Maine into the 
State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: "Vender Brand 
Packed by Columbian Canning Co., Washington Co., Lubec, Maine." The re- 
mainder of the said article was labeled in part: "Champion Brand American 
Sardines In Cotton Seed Oil Packed And Guaranteed By The Columbian 
Canning Co. Washington Co. Lubec, Maine."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On October 3, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
O. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.