16314. Adulteration of   canned   sardines.     U.   S.   v.   33   Cases   of   Sardines.
Default    decree    of    condemnation    and    forfeiture.     Product    re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. No. 23009.    I. S. No. 02319.    S. No. 1095.)
On August 27, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
South Carolina, 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 33 cases of sardines, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Beaufort, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Haas Guthman Co., from Savannah, Ga., January 25, 1928, and transported 
from the State of Georgia into the State of South Carolina, and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: "White Star Brand Tinapa Sardines * * * Originated and Packed 
By Exclusively Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., * * * Los Angeles Harbor; 
California, U. S. A." 

It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 20, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.