14360. Adulteration of canned cherries. V. S. v. 50 Cases of Canned Cher ries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture and destruction. (F. & D. No. 19084. I. S. No. 16154-v. S. No. E-4993.) On October 23, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 cases of canned cherries, remaining in the original un- broken packages at Allentown, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped from Lyndonville, N. Y., on or about .August 9, 1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Lyn- donville Brand Sour Pitted Cherries Lyndonville Canning Company, Lyndon- ville, N. Y." Y - ,TV;.-?;?- Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid vegetable substance. On February 27, 1925, a claim and answer was entered by the Lyndonville Canning Co., Inc., Lyndonville, N. Y. On May 13, 1926, it appearing that the claimant did not desire to further prosecute the case, judgment of condemna- tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod- uct be destroyed by the United States marshal. ? ? - ? W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.