15860. Adulteration of canned cherries. 17. S. v. 395 Cases of Canned Cher- 
ries. Product ordered released under bond. (F. & D. No. 22084. 
I. S. Nos. 2616-x, 2618-x.    S. No. 120.)
On October 8, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, 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 395 cases of canned cherries, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Twitchell-Champlain Co., from Wolcott, N. Y., on or about August 25, 
1927, and had been transported from the State of New York into the State 
of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
The article was labeled in part:  (Can) "Pie Makers Special Bed Sour Cherries 
*    *    *    Packed by The J. Salter Co., Manchester, 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, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On March 31, 1928, the J. Salter Co., Manchester, N. Y., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, 
and said claimant having filed a bond in the sum of $1,500 for return of the 
product for reconditioning under the supervision of this department, judgment 
was entered that the said product be released to the claimant.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.