15444. Adulteration of canned cbex-ries.     U. S. v. 138 Cases of Canned Cber 
ries.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 20904.    I. S. No. 5032-x.     S. No. E-5647.)
On March 4, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Vir- 
ginia, 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 138 cases of canned cherries, at Richmond, Ya., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Victor Food Corporation, Victor, N. Y., on or 
about August 14, 1925, and transported from the State of New York into' the 
State of Virginia, 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 con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 13, 1927, 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.
W. M. JAKJDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.