20335. Adulteration of cauliflower.    U.S. v. 235 Crates of Cauliflower.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.      F. & D.
no. 29136.    Sample no. 16727-A.)
This action involved a shipment of cauliflower that was found to bear 
arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On or about October 11, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Florida, 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 235 crates of cauliflower, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 30, 1932, by 
Z. J. Fort Produce Co., from Denver, Colo., to Jacksonville, Fla., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled
in part: "Old Fort Brand Vegetables,  Packed by  Z.  J. Fort Produce Co., 
Denver, Colo."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, which might have rendered 
it injurious to health.
On October 14, 1932, the consignor, the Z. J. Fort Produce Co., and the con- 
signee, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.