16008. Adulteration of canned spinach.    TJ. S. v. 58 Cases of Canned Spinach.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
22493.    I. S. No. 20892-x.    S. No. 519.)
On March 2, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 58 cases of canned spinach, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Waterbury, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the D. E. Foote 
Co. (Inc.), Baltimore, Md., on or about November 9, 1927, and transported 
from the State of Maryland into the State of Connecticut and charging adul
terafton in violation of the food and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: 
" Summer Girl Brand Spinach."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On July 23, 1928, by consent of the claimant, judgment of condemnation was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the: 
United States marshal. 
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.