20439. Adulteration of cauliflower.    U.  S.  v.  351  Crates, et  al., of Cauli¬
flower. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. nos. 29274, 29275. Sample nos. 21106-21108-A, Incl., 
21113-A, 21114-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of cauliflower, 
samples of which were found to contain arsenic in an amount which might have 
rendered the article injurious to health.
On October 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 400 crates of cauliflower, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped, in part on or about October 20, 1932, and in part on or about October
21, 1932, by John DiGiacomo, from Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y., to Phila- 
delphia, Pa., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. •
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic.
On November 18, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.