17986. Adulteration of canned pimientos.    U. S. v. 372 Jars of Pimientos.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 25521, 25522, 25523, 25524, 25525. I. S. No. 8725. S. NO. 
3784.)
Samples of canned pimientos from the herein-described shipment having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
On December 18, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 372 jars of pimientos, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Pomona 
Products Co., Griffin, Ga., on or about August 22, 1930, and transported from 
the State of Georgia into the State of Louisiana, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Sun- 
shine Brand Pimientos * * * Packed by Pomona Products Co. Griffin, 
Georgia."
? It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted partly of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 3,1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.