19106. Adulteration of  canned  tuna.    U.   S.  v.  30   Cases   of  Canned  Tuna.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 26470.    I. S. No. 15162.    S. No. 4759.)
Samples of canned tuna from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
On June 9, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 30 cases of canned tuna at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about April 28, 1931, by the California Sea Food Co., 
from Los Angeles, Calif., and had been transported in interstate commerce 
from the State of California into the State of Tennessee, and charging adulter- 
ation in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Cans) "Results Brand California Light Meat Tuna Salad Pieces Tuna Pattie 
Guaranteed by M. O. Covington Company, Los Angeles, California, Net Weight 
6% Oz."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed animal substance unfit for 
food.
On February 4, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.