23904. Adulteration of canned blackberries. XI. S. v. 50 Cases of Canned 
Blackberries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (P. & D. No. 20632.    I. S. No. 262-x.    S. No. E-5579.)
On November 20, 1925, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, 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 50 cases of canned blackberries, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Hunt Bros. Packing Co., from San Francisco, Calif., 
on or about October 12, 1925, and transported from the State of California 
into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Premio Brand Black- 
berries * * * Packed By Hunt Brothers Packing Co. San, Francisco, 
California, U. S. A."
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 December 8, 1925, 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.
B. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.