10187.?Adulteration    of   canned    cherries.    U.    S.     *     *     *     v.    129    Cases
*     *     *     of   Canned   Cherx-ies.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,
forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   15077.    I.   S.   No.   538-t.?
S. No. C-3083.)
On June 23, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, 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 129 cases of canned cherries, remaining unsold in the?
original cases at Steubenville, Ohio, consigned by the South Haven Preserving?
Co., Gobleville, Mich., August 9, 1919, alleging that the article had been?
shipped from Gobleville, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan?
into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "South Haven?
Brand Pitted Cherries * * * South Haven Preserving Co., Factories:?
South Haven & Gobleville, Mich."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 10, 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. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.