28773. Adulteration of canned peas.    IT. S. v. 1,700 Cases of Canned Peas.    De¬
fault decree and order of destruction.     (F. & D. No. 41467.    Sample No. 
7584-D.)
This product was weevil-infested.
On January 19, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,700 cases of canned 
peas at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about November 12, 1937, by Big Horn Canning Co. 
from Longview, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Unigrow Brand Sweet Peas
* *    *   Packed Especially For United Grocers Company Brooklyn, N. Y." 
Adulteration was alleged in substance in that the article consisted in whole
or in part of a filthy vegetable substance since it was infested with weevils.
On April 12, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of destruction was 
entered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.