20007. Adulteration of blueberries.     U.S. v. 4 Crates  of Blueberries.     De¬
fault   decree   of   forfeiture   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   28694. 
Sample No. 9458-A.)
Samples of blueberries taken from the shipment herein described were found 
to contain maggots.
On August 5, 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 unbroken 
packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce August 4, 1932, by E. L. Grindle, of Bluehill, Maine, to Boston, 
Mass., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
The article was labeled in part: (Tag) " From Ernest Grindle Bluehill Me."
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 August 18, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
\ destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TTTGWEXX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.