18175. Adulteration of canned plmientos.    TJ. S. v. 116 Cases of Pimientos.
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.
25472.    I. S. No. 17502.    S. No. 3747.)
Samples of pimientos in glass from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
On December 13, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 116 cases of pimientos, remaining in the original pack- 
ages at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Pomona Products Co., from Griffin, Ga., on or about September 8, 1930, and 
had been transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Texas, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Sunshine Brand * * * First Quality Pimientos Pomona 
Products Co., Griffin, Ga."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed and putrid vegetable substance.
On March 10, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHXTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.