19902. Adulteration of canned blackberries.    U.  S. v. 297 Cases  of Black¬
berries.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 27921.    I. S. Nos. 21514, 23078.    S. No. 5954.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned black- 
berries, samples of which were found to contain excessive mold.
On March 18, 1932, the United. States attorney for the District of Arizona, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 297 cases of canned blackberries at Phoenix, Ariz., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about 
February 23, 1932, by the Valley Fruit Canning Co., from Puyallup, Wash., 
to Los Angeles, and reshipped to Phoenix, Ariz., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
" Yellow Band Brand Blackberries."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 13, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENET A. WAIXACB, Secretary of Agriculture.