20300. Adulteration of   caraway   seed.     U.S.   v.   1   Bag   of   Caraway   Seed.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. no. 28470.    Sample no. 8865-A.)
This action involved a quantity of imported caraway seed which was found 
to contain insect and animal excreta and dead insects.
On or about July 16, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of one bag of caraway seed, remaining in 
the original unbroken package at Buffalo, N.Y., which had been imported by 
the Levy & Levis Co., Inc., from The Netherlands, and shipped by the importer 
from New York, N.Y., to Buffalo, N.Y. It was alleged in the libel that the 
article had been entered at the port of New York on or about April 1, 1932, that 
it had been shipped from New York, on or about April 28, 1932, and that it 
was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled: "Eatrite Brand L. L. C. Holland."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On October 10, 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.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.