11448.?Adulteration of  sauerkraut.-   TJ.  S.  v. 20  Cases  of  Sauerkraut.     De?
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under?
bond.     (F. & D. No. 17202.    I. S. No. 2680-v.     S. No. R-4309.)
On February 19, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the?
seizure and condemnation of 20 cases of sauerkraut, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the W. H. Killian Co.,?
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped from Baltimore,?
Md., on or about December 15, 1922, and transported from the State of Mary??
land into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Killian's?
Kuality * * * Sauer Kraut Contents 1 Lb. 13 Oz. * * * Packed By?
W. H. Killian Co. Baltimore, U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that exces??
sive brine had been mixed and packed with and substituted in whole or in?
part for the said article.
On April 30, 1923, the W. H. Killian Co., Baltimore, Md., having entered an?
appearance as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for??
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be?
released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings?
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $50, in conformity with section 10?
of the act, conditioned in part that it be relabeled under the supervision of?
this   department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.