16500- Adulteration of canned sardines. U. S, v. 130 Cases of Sardines. 
Consent decree of destruction entered. (F. & D. No. 23769. I. S. No. 
012509.     S. No. 1970.)
On May 13, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Alabama, 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 seizure and 
condemnation of 130 cases of sardines, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Selma, Ala., alleging that the art.cle had been shipped by the Brawn 
?Co., Portland, Me., January 29, 1929, and transported from the State of Maine 
into the State of Alabama, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Commercial Brand 
American Sardines    *    *    *    Packed by the Brawn Co., Portland, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On June 7, 1929, the consignees and a representative of the shipper havins; 
appeared and requested the destruction of the said sardines, judgment was 
?watered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.