14085. Adulteration of canned sardines. U. S. v. 284 Cases, et al., of 
Sardines. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction. (F. & D. No. 19136. I. S. Nos. 19561-v, 19562-v, 19563-v 
S. No. O-4043.)
On November 10, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 284 cases and 24 cans of sardines, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by L. D. Clark & Son, Eastport, Me., on or about June 18, 1924, 
and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Missouri, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) " Banquet Brand American Sardines * * * Packed 
At Eastport, Washington Co. Me. By L. D. Clark & Son."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On January 19, 1926, 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.