18678. Adulteration of pitted cherries.    XJ. S. v. 43 Cases, More or Less, of
Pitted Cherries.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.    (F. & D. No. 26039.    I. S. No. 16141.    S. No. 4335.)
Samples of pitted cherries from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the District of Maryland.
On March 18, 1931, 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 43 cases of pitted cherries, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Baltimore, Md., allegMg that the article had been shipped by 
Paulus Bros. Packing Co., Salem, Oreg., on or about January 5, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Maryland, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) "White Tag Pitted Royal Anne Cherries, * * * 
Paulus Bros. Packing Co., Salem, Oregon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 21, 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 marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.