12418. Adulteration of pickled herring's. IT. S. v. 14 Whole Barrels and 
5 Half Baiter of Pickled Herrings. Default decree of condem- 
nation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 18700. I. S. No. 
17913-v.    S. No. C-4402.)
On May 19, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois', acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 14 whole barrels and 5 half barrels of pickled herring, at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by W. L. Sugarman, 
from Wilmington, Del., March 19, 1924, and transported from the State of 
Delaware into 'the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Barrel) "Arcady 
Brand Milkers Vlaardinger Holland" (Tag) "From W. L. Sugarman, Wil- 
mington, Delaware."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On July 9, 1924, 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.
HOWAED M. GOSE, Secretary of Agriculture.