16503. Adulteration of canned cherries.     V. S. v. 8 Cases of Canned Cher 
ries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 22819.    I. S. Nos. 18350-x, 18727-x.    S. No. 870.)
On June 19, 1928, 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 8 cases of canned cherries at Beaver Falls, Pa., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by Winters & Powell Canning Co., from 
Rushville, N. Y., on or about October 15, 1927, and transported from the State 
of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in vio- 
lation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Orchard 
Brand Red Sour Pitted Cherries * * * Winters & Powell Canning Co., 
Inc. Rushville, New York."
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 June 7, 1929, 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.
AKTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.