15903. Adulteration of canned cherries.    TJ. S. v. 32 Cans of Canned Cher 
ries.    Default   decree  of   destruction   entered.     (F.   &  D.  No.   22278. 
I. S. No. 21237-x.    S. No. 319.)
On or about December 15, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of West Virginia, 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 32 cans of cherries, remaining unsold in the original 
packages at Morgantown, W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Webster Canning & Preserving Co., from Webster, N. Y., on or about 
August 25, 1927, and had been transported from the State of New York into the 
State of West Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " New York State Products, Packed 
by Webster Canning and Preserving Company, Webster, N. Y. * * * Pitted 
Red Cherries."
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 April 16, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered finding the product subject to confiscation and ordering that it be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.