13530. Adulteration and misbranding- of canned tuna fish. IT. S. v. 3 cases 
of Tuna Fish. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F.  & D.  No. 19898.    I.  S.  No.  13474-v.     S. No.  E-5172.)
On March 13,1925, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 3 cases of tuna fish, at New Brunswick, N. J., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by M. De Bruyn Importing Co., New York, N. Y., 
on or about December 13, 1924, and transported from the State of New York 
into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Califor- 
nia Tuna Standard All Light Meat."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, yellowtail, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce,
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lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted 
wholly and in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements " Light Meat 
Tuna," borne on the shipping package, and "California Tuna Standard All 
Light Meat," borne on the cans, were false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that the article was offered 
for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On June 22, 1925, 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. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.