27689. Adulteration of   canned  pineapple.     TJ.   S.  v.   293   Cases   of  Pineapple.
Product   released   under   bond    for   segregation   and   destruction   of 
decomposed portion.    (F. & D. No. 39698.    Sample No. 35411-C.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On June 7, 1937, 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 293 cases of pine- 
apple at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about April 21, 1937, by Getz Bros. & Co. from San Francisco, 
Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Royal Taste Brand Malayan Spiral Cut 
Sliced Pineapple Product of British Malaya Getz Bros. & Co. Distributors 
Singapore."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 23, 1937, Getz Bros & Co. having appeared as claimant, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be released under bond conditioned that 
the decomposed portion be separated from the sound and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.