17695. Adulteration of blueberries.    IT. S. v. 7 Grates of Blueberries.    De 
fault  decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D.
No. 25261.    I. S. No. 3002.    S. No. 3331.)
Samples of blueberries from the herein described interstate shipment having 
been found to contain maggots, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
On August 6, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 7 crates of blueberries, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by L. B. 
French, from Center Barnstead, N. H., August 2, 1930, and had been trans- 
ported from the State of New Hampshire into the State of Massachusetts, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On August 25, 1930, 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.