1K78G. Adulteration and mishrandinsy of canned tnna fish. IT. S. v. 7 Cases 
of Tuna Fish.     Default order of destruction entered.     (F. & D. No.
19921.    I.  S. No.  16254-v.    S. No. B-5197.)
On March 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Georgia, 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 7 cases of tuna fish, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Savannah, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped by the M. de 
Bruyn Importing Co., from New York, N. Y., on or about December 2, 1924, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Georgia, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Can) "California Tuna Standard All Light 
Meat."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance, yellowtail, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted wholly 
and in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " California Tuna 
Standard All Light Meat," borne on the label, was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On August 7, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered, ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.