20662. Adulteration of   canned   peaches.   U.    S.   v.    35   Cases    of    Georgia
Belle   Brand   Canned  Peaches.    Default  decree   of   condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 29075.    Sample no. 15351-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned peaches, 
samples of which were found to be partially decomposed.
On October 15, 1932. the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, 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 35 cases of canned peaches, remaining in the 
original unbroken cases at Knoxville, Tenn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 17, 1930, by Pomona Products 
Co., from Griffin, Ga., to Knoxville, Tenn., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Georgia 
Belle Brand Peaches, Unpeeled."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
On December 27, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.