24587. Adulteration of pickles.    U. S. v. 50 Cases, et al., of Pickles.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34553. Sample 
nos. 27377-B, 27378-B, 27379-B.)
This case involved a shipment of pickles that contained added saccharin.
On or about December 19, 1934, the United States attorney for the District 
of Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 173 cases of pickles 
at Topeka, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 28 and September 21, 1934, by the Southern Pickle 
Co., from St. Louis, Mo., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Our Favorite Brand Sliced
Sweet Pickles Packed and Guaranteed by  Southern Manufacturing Co.  St. 
Louis."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained: an added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredient, saccharin, which might have rendered 
it injurious to health.
On April 6, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GKEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.