17244. Adulteration of canned pie peaches.    U.  S. v. 15 Cases  of Canned
Pie Peaches, et al. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 24106, 24107, 24108. I. S. No. 010475. 
S. No. 2343.)
On or about October 10, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 55 cases of canned pie peaches, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages, in various lots at Jonesville, La., Ferriday, La., and 
St. Joseph, La., respectively, alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
W. L. Houser Canning Co., from Fort Valley, Ga., on or about June 27, 1929, 
and had been transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Louisiana, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Miona Brand Pie Peaches * * * Packed by W. L. 
Houser Canning Co. Fort Valley, Ga."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that worms 
and worm-eaten peaches were present therein and in that the article consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance.
On March 31, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTTB M. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.