18828. Adulteration of cherries In brl'ne. U. S. v. 300 Barrels of Cherries 
in Brine. Consent decree entered providing for release of product 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 26859.    I. S. No. 22916.    S. No. 5000.)
1 'Samples of cherries in brine from .the shipment herein described naving been 
found to be rotten and moldy, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey.
On August 13, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the: District Court of 
the United States for , the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 300 barrels of cherries in brine, remaining in the original unbroken
packages at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Allen Fruit Co., Salem, Oreg., on or about July 23, 1931, and had oeen trans- 
ported from the State of Oregon into the State of New Jersey, 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 con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 14, 1931, the Causse Manufacturing & Importing Co., Jersey 
City,'N. J., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having 
consented to the entry of a decree in accordance with the prayer thereof, judg- 
ment was entered ordering that the product be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $5,000, condi- 
tioned in part that it be sorted by hand to separate the good cherries from those 
which were decomposed, and that the decomposed portion be destroyed by the 
United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.