21699. Adulteration of  canned   pineapple.     V.   S.  v.   118   Cases   of  Canned
Pineapple.      Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and 
destruction.     (F.  &  D.  no.  31059.     Sample no.  49484-A.)
This case involved an import shipment of canned pineapple that was found 
to be decomposed.
On September 6. 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 118 cases of canned 
pineapple at St. Louis. Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Cuban Canning Co., from Naranjita, Havana, Cuba, to New Orleans, La., that 
it had been reshipped from New Orleans to St. Louis. Mo., on or about July 8, 
1933. and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The- 
article was labeled in part: " Palmeras Sliced Havana Pineapple * * * 
Packed by the Cuban Canning Co., Naranjito, Havana, Cuba."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On October 27, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON. Acting Secretary of Agriculture.