28807. Adulteration of canned tuna.    tT. S. -v. 24 Cases and 49 Cases of Canned
Tuna.   Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. Nos. 
41832, 41833.    Sample Nos. 315-D, 18393-D.)
This product was in whole or in part decomposed.
On February 25 and 26, 1938, the United States attorneys for the District of 
Massachusetts and the Southern District of New York, acting upon reports by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 73 cases of canned tuna in various lots at Boston, 
Mass., and New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about February 2 and 13,1938, by San Carlos Canning Co., 
from Los Angeles, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "San Carlos Canning Co. Monterey 
and Long Beach, Calif."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On April 5 and 25, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condem- 
nation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.