20018. Adulteration of blueberries.     U.S. v. 4 Crates  of Blueberries.     De¬
fault   decree   of   forfeiture   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   28695. 
Sample No. 9459-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 reports 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 interstate commerce on August 4, 1932, by Elmer Starr, from Rockland, 
Maine, to Boston, Mass., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "From Elmer Starr 
Rockville, 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, judg- 
ment of forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEEX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.