15928. Adulteration   of   canned   cherries.    U.   S.  v.   14   Cases   of   Red   Sour
Cherries.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 22676.    I. S. No. 18003-x.    S. No. 718.)
On March 29, 1928, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Alabama, 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 14 cases of pitted red sour cherries at Birmingham, Ala., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Grand Traverse Packing Co., 
from Traverse City, Mich., August 31, 1926, and transported from the State of 
Michigan into the State of Alabama, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Zeneda Brand 
Pitted Red Sour Cherries * * * Packed by Grand Traverse Co., Traverse 
City, Mich."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, putrid vegetable substance.
On July 3, 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.