19348. Adulteration of   cabbage. U.   S.   v.   436  Hampers   of   Cabbage.     De- 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D.
No. 27656.    I. S. No. 37612.    S. No. 5706.)
Examination of samples of cabbage from the shipment herein described hav- 
ing shown the presence of arsenic, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the District of Maryland.
On January 12, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 436 hampers of cabbage, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about Janu- 
ary 5, 1932, by W. H. Tucker, from Santos, Fla., and had been transported from 
the State of Florida into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which might have 
rendered the product harmful to health.
On January 26, 1932. no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.