13612. Adulteration   of   canned   cherries.     V.   S.   v.   750   Cases   of   Canned
Cherries. Default decree, adjudging; the product to he adul- 
terated and ordering its destruction. (F. & D. No. 19929. I. S. No. 
20969-v.    S. No. W-934.)
On March 25, 1925, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, 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 condemnation of 750 cases of canned cherries, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., consigned by Thomas J. Sweet Co., 
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, 
N. Y., on or about October 20,
" 1924, and transported from the State of New 
York into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Bi-More 
Brand Red Pitted Cherries * * * Packed By The Thos. J. Sweet Co., 
Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On April 27, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree 
of the court was entered, adjudging the product to be adulterated and ordering 
its destruction by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.