10138. Adulteration of canned cherries. U. S. * * * v. 87 Cases of?
Cherries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 15354.    I. S. No. 3792-t.    S. No. C-3196.)
On August 30, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, 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 87 cases of cherries, consigned by the Graves Canning Co.,
N.J. 10101-10150.] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	71
Sheridan, Oreg., remaining unsold in the original unbroken cans at St. Louis,?
Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped from Sheridan, Oreg., August
19,?1920, and transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Missouri,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article?
was labeled in part, " Graves Extra Standard Water Royal Anne Cherries?
*    *    *   Packed by Graves Canning Company, Sheridan, Oregon."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On November 5, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.