20429. Adulteration of   cauliflower.    J.   S.   v.   89   Crates,  et   al.,   of  Cauli¬
flower.    Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. nos. 29228, 29229.    Sample nos. 21103-A, 21105-A.)
These actions involved interstate shipments of cauliflower that was found to 
bear arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the article injurious to 
health.
On October 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 139 crates of cauliflower, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 20, 1932, by Ross M. Case, 
from River Head, Long Island, N.Y., to Philadelphia, Pa., and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic.
On November 18, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.