24408. Adulteration of canned mackerel.    IT. S. v. 193 Cases of Canned Mack- 
erel.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no.
34442.    Sample no. 24115-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned mackerel which was in 
part decomposed.
On November 27, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 193 cases of 
canned mackerel at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about August 12, 1934, by the Coast Fishing Co., 
from Wilmington, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Eatwell Brand California 
Mackerel * * * Packed by French Sardine Co., Inc. Terminal Island 
California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On February 13, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.