18823. Adulteration of celery. V. S. v. 77 Crates of Celery. Default de- 
cree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.  &  D.  No.
26524.    I. S. No. 29918.    S. No. 4845.)
Samples of celery from the shipment hereh^ described- having been to^nd 
to bear a large amount of arsenical spray residue, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for, the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania.
On. June'22, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the. District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna-
tio? *of ="77 crates of celery, remaining- in the original unbroken packages- at 
^Philadelphia, Pa.,, alleging that,the article had been shipped by the Sanford 
Oviedo Truck Growers Association from Avon Park, Fla., on or about June 15, 
1931, and had been transported from the State of Florida into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in viofation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part ?. "Autograph Brand."
It,,was alleged jw, tjie libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On iuly 14. 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and' forfeiture, was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
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ABTHXJK M, HYDE. Secretary of Agriculture, < >