21359. Adulteration of blueberries.    U. S. v. 6 Crates of Blueberries.    De¬
fault   decree   of   condemnation, .forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.
& D. no. 30930.    Sample no. 39821-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of blueberries which were found 
to contain maggots.
On August 2, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of six crates of blueberries at 
Boston, Mass., consigned August 2, 1933, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by F. P. Richardson, from South Lyndeboro, 
N.H., 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On August 23, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.