20470. Adulteration of cauliflower,     v.  S. v.  77 Crates, et al.,  of  Cauliflower.
Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 29270, 29272, 29273. Sample nos. 20399-A, 20400-A, 21020-A, 
21027-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of cauliflower, 
samples of which were found to contain arsenic in an amount which might 
have rendered the article injurious to health.
On October 27, and October 29, 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 115 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 
26 and October 27, 1932, by Wendel Rotter, from Dayton, N. J., to Philadelphia, 
Pa., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article wag adulterated in that it 
contained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenic.
On November 18, 1932, and January 9, 1933, no claimant having appeared 
for the property, judgments 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. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.