18119. Adulteration of  canned  blueberries.    U.  S.  v.  18  Cases,  et  al.,  of
Canned Blueberries. Default decrees of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 25843, 25844. I. S. Nos. 5247, 
5248, 5249, 5250.    S. No. 4054.)
Samples of canned blueberries from the shipments herein described having 
been found to contain maggots, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
On January 31, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 168 cases of canned blueberries, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the A. & R. Loggie Co. 
(Ltd.), Columbia Falls, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Columbia Falls, Me., on or about August 16,1930, and had been transported from 
the State of Maine into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
" Eagle Brand Blueberries Packed at Columbia Falls Maine by A. & R. Loggie 
Co., Limited of Loggieville, N. B."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On March 26, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHim M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.