13783. Adulteration  of  canned  corn.     U.  S.  v.  675   Cases   of  Canned  Corn.
Consent deeree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
to be reprocessed. (F. & D. No. 19521. I. S. No. 20172-v. S. No. 
W-1633.)
On or about January 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel pray- 
ing the seizure and condemnation of 675 cases of canned corn, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Sacramento, Calif., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by William Numsen & Sons, from Baltimore, Md., October 
18, 1924, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of Cali- 
fornia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Case) "Farm Queen Brand Sugar Corn Packed 
By Wm. Numsen & Sons Inc. Baltimore, Md." .
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that water 
or brine had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part 
for the said article.
On April 13, 1925, F. M. Ball & Co., San Francisco, Calif., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of forfeiture was ente'red, 
said decree providing that the product might be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.