13350. Adulteration and misbranding' of canned corn.    U. S. v. 99 Cases of
Canned Corn. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.   (F. & D. No. 19982.    I. S. No. 23930-v.    S. No. C-4707.)
On April 9, 1925, 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 99 cases of canned corn, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by John M. Leslie & Co., from London, Ohio, December 17, 1924, and transported 
from the State of Ohio into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: (Can) "Oak Run Sugar Corn * * * Packed By London Canning 
Company London, Ohio."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, to wit, field corn, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " Sugar Corn," 
appearing on the labels, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser, and for the further reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On May 6, 1925, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.