15895. Adulteration of canned cherries.    TJ. S. v. 27 Cases of Canned Cher 
ries.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 22068.    I. S. No. 16670-x.    S. No. 106.)
On September 27, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 27 cases of canned cherries, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Oil City, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Red Wing Co., Inc., from Fredonia, N. Y., on or about August 9, 1927, and had 
been transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvanila, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugsi act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Red Wing Brand Red Sour Pitted Cherries * * * 
Manufactured and Guaranteed by the Red Wing Co. Incorporated, Fredonia, 
N. Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On July 10, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.