19943. Adulteration of canned sweetpotatoes.    IT. S. v. 230 Cases of Canned
STveetpotatoes.    Default decree of destruction.     (F. & D. No. 28021. 
I. S. No. 52973.    S. No. 6079.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned 
sweetpotatoes, samples of which were found to be partly decomposed.
On April 15, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 230 cases of canned sweetpotatoes, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about November 21, 1931, by the John W. Taylor 
Packing Co., from Hallwood, Va., to St. Paul, Minn., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
•* Serv-Well Brand Sweet Potatoes."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance, and was unfit for food.
On June 11, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.