15380.  Adulteration of canned cberries.    V. S. v. 100 Cases of Canned Cher- 
ries,     Product  ordered  released nnder bond to be  reconditioned.
(F. & D.'No. 21530.    I. S. Nos. 2298-x, 11935-x.    S. No. C-5104.)
On January 13, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, 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 con- 
demnation of 100 cases of canned cherries, at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Newfane Preserving Co., from Newfane, 
N. Y., on or about August 14, 1926, and transported from the State of New 
York into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Pennant Brand New 
York State Pitted Red Cherries <? * * Packed by Newfane Preserving Co., 
Newfane, N. Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On August 30, 1927, the K. L. Stevens Co., Cleveland, Ohio, claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of an 
order in conformance with the prayer of the said libel, judgment was entered 
ordering that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the 
costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, con- 
ditioned in part that the said cherries be reconditioned under the supervision 
of this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.