13820.  Adulteration of blueberries.    U. S. v. 14 Crates of Blueberries.    De- 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 20378.    I. S. No. 5423-x.    S. No. E-5482.)
On August 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 14 crates of blueberries, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by C. C. Ladd, from Brooksville, Me., August 20, 1925, and transported from 
the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 22, 1925, 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.
R. W. DUNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.