22533. Adulteration of canned sweetpotatoes.    TJ. S. v. 60 Cases of Canned
Sweetpotatoes. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destractlon.     (F. & D. no. 32540.    Sample nos. 67260-A, 67792-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned sweetpotatoes which were under- 
processed and in a state of active decomposition.
On April 15, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 60 cases of canned 
sweetpotatoes at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about November 27, 1933, by Pappas Bros. & 
Gillies, from Egg Harbor, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " The Famous 
Royal Scarlet Brand Sweet Potatoes In Syrup * * * R. C. Williams & Co., 
Inc. Distributors, New York."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 10, 1934, 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.