18113. Adulteration of  canned  blueberries.    TJ.   S.  v.   81  Cases   of Canned
Blueberries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 25206.    I. S. No. 3186.    S.  No. 3484.)
Samples of canned blueberries from the shipment herein described having 
been found to contain maggots and worms, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
On October 16, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 81 cases of canned blueberries, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by M. D. 
Caler, from Columbia, Me., on or about August 1, 1930, and had been transported ' 
from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Can) " Pleasant River Brand Maine Blueberries Packed by M. L. Caler, 
Addison, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On February 26,1931, 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.
ARTHOT M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.