12914. Adulteration   of   canned    sardines.     IT.   S.   v.   8   Cases   of   Sardines.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 19179.    I. S. No. 16886-v.    S. No. E-5021.)
On November 20, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of 
Massachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel of information 
against 8 cases1 of sardines, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Lawrence, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Bayshore 
Sardine Co., from Columbia, Me., August 15, and September 5, 1924, and 
transported from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "B & S Brand Sardines * * * Packed By 
Bayshore Sardine Co. Addison, Me."
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 
substance.
On December 12, 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.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.