17694. Adulteration of canned pie peacbes.    U. S. v. 245 Gases, et al., of
Mlona Brand Pie Peacbes.    Default decree of destruction entered.
(F. & D. No. 24089.    I. S. Nos. 010433. 010434.    S. No. 2341.)
Samples of canned pie peaches from the herein described interstate ship- 
ment having been found to contain decomposed, worm eaten, low-grade, and 
green peaches, also some worms, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi.
On September 28, 1929, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 245 cases of No. 2 cans and 131 cases of No. 2% cans of 
pie peaches, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Meridian, Miss., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the W. L. Houser Canning Co., 
from Fort Valley, Ga., on or about June 26, 1929, and had been transported 
from the State of Georgia into the State of Mississippi, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Can) "Miona Brand Pie Peaches * * * Packed by W. L. Houser Canning 
Co., Fort Valley, Ga."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 23, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.