19973.  Adulteration of cabbage.    V. S. v. 14,000 Pounds  of  Cabbage.    De- 
fault decree  of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (No.
6546-A.    F. & D. No. 28336.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of cabbage which 
was found to bear arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the article 
injurious to health.
On May 10, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Mis- 
souri, 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 
condemnation of 14,000 pounds of cabbage at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 3, 1932, by 
M. E. Girard, from Lafayette, La., to St. Louis, Mo., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained a poisonous substance, to wit, arsenic, which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On June 23, 1932, 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.
HENBY A. WAIXA.CE, Secretary of Agriculture.