8030. Adulteration of sardines. IT. S. * * * v. 18 Cases of Sardines.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No.  12439.    I.  S. Nos. 13495-r, 13496-r.     S. No. E-2094.)
On or about May 6, 1920, 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 said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 13 cases of sardines, remaining uasold in the original unbroken
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packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped on or?
after February 10, 1920, from New Orleans, La., and transported from the?
State of Louisiana into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Sar??
dines in Salt   Packed by Sherwood Sea Food Company, San Pedro, Calif."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the label in that it consisted wholly?
or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, and was unfit?
for food.
On May 29, 1920, 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.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.