30758. Adulteration of Cera-Lac.    17. S. v. 141 Bags of Cera-Lac.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and  destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   45393.     Sample   No. 
44297-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce by boat from Los An- 
geles, Calif., to Newark, N. J., at which port it was damaged substantially as 
the result of fire in the hold of the ship. When examined the bags were charred 
and encrusted with dirty clay, and the contents were filthy.
On May 23, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 141 bags of Cera-Lac remaining 
unsold and in the original packages at Newark, N. J.; alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about March 9, 1939, from Los Angeles, Calif., by the 
Cera-Lac Co.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy or decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 28,1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.