35377. Adtilteratlon of canned clierries. II. S. "v. 19 Cases of Canned Clie 
ries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destru 
tlon.     (F. & D. No. 22070.    I. S. No   16856-x.    S. No. 108 )
On   September  20,   1927,   the   United   States  attorney  for   the   District 
Massachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizi; 
and condemnation of 19 cases of canned cherries,  remaining in the origir 
unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., consigned about August 30, 1927, allegi 
that the article had been shipped by the Geneseo Jam Kitchen, Inc., of Genes 
N  Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State of Mas 
chusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it a 
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sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
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On October 13, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgmi
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of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the co
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that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
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R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture
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