15534. Adulteration of canned clierries.     U. S. v. 160 Cases, et al., of Canned
Cherries. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeitui-e, and de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 21396, 21397, 21398. I. S. No. 7397-x. S. No. 
E-5910.)
On November 23, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States' for said district libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 401 cases of canned cherries, at Richmond, Va., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Irondequoit Packing Co., Inc., from 
Rochester, N. Y., in part on or about August 4, 1926, and in part on or about 
August 9, 1926, and transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was .labeled in part: " Irondequoit Brand * * * Red Sour 
Pitted Cherries    *    *    *    Irondequoit Packing Co., Inc., Irondequoit, N   Y."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated, in that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putiid vegetable substance.
On October 13, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. 
, 
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.