19992. Adulteration of blueberries.    U. S. v. 4 Crates of Blueberries.    De¬
fault decree of forfeiture and destruction.    (No. 16312-A.   F. & D. No. 
28854.)
Samples of blueberries taken from the shipment herein described were found 
to contain maggots.
On August 19, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, 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 four crates of blueberries, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Boston, Mass., consigned on or about August 18, 1932, alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by Warren Pert, 
from Sargentville, Me., to Boston, Mass., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) " From War- 
ren M. Pert, No. Sedgwick, Maine."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On September 1, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod- 
uct be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENBT A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.