12405. Adulteration of   canned   blueberries.    U.   S.   v.   9%   Cases   of  BlueŽ
berries.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.    (F. & D. No. 18634.    I. S. No. 16778-v.    S. No. Ei-4831.)
On May 3, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condem- 
nation of 9y2 cases of canned blueberries remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Springfield, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
A. & R. Loggie Co. (Ltd.) from Columbia Falls, Me., on or about September 22, 
1923, and transported from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article
was labeled in part:    (Can)    "Eagle Brand Blueberries   *    *    *   Packed 
At Columbia Falls, Maine By A. & R. Loggie Co. Limited Of Loggieville, N. B. 
Canada."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On June 10, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.