14102. Adulteration   of   canned   cherries.     U.   S.   v.   68%    Cases,   et   al.,   of
Cherries.     Default   decrees  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   de- 
struction.     (F.  & D.  Nos.  20571  to 20576, incl.    I.  S. Nos. 684-x, 741-x 
744-x.    S. Nos. W-1803,  W-1804.)
On November 6, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 476% cases of canned cherries, at San Francisco, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Walker Canning Co., from 
Independence, Oreg., August 8, 1925, and transported from the State of Oregon 
into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. One hundred and four cases were labeled in part: (Can) 
"Ugene Brand Pitted Black Cherries Oregon Fruit Packed By Eugene Fruit 
Growers Association Eugene Oregon." The cans in the remaining cases were 
unlabeled except in 68% cases, which were labeled in part: (Can) "Monogram 
Brand Solid Pack Black Pitted Cherries."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On December 4, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
tliat the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.