22702. Adulteration of canned sardines.    TJ. S. v. 100 Cases of Canned Sar¬
dines.    Default  decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 31746.    Sample no. 59125-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned sardines which were in part decom- 
posed.
On December 18, 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 100 cases of canned 
sardines at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about October 5, 1933, by the Wass & Stinson Canning 
Co., of Prospect Harbor, Maine, from Waukeag, Maine, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Beach Cliff Brand Maine Sardines * * * Packed by Wass & Stinson Can- 
ning Co.   Prospect Harbor, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On July 6, 1934, no claim or answer having been filed, judgment of condem- 
nation 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.