21494. Adulteration of blueberries.     U. S. v. S Crates of Blueberries.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  &
D. no. 31139.    Sample no. 42516-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of blueberries which were found 
to be decomposed.
On September 1, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure* and condemnation of five crates, each 
containing thirty-two l-quart boxes of blueberries at Cleveland, Ohio, al- 
leging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
August 30, 1933, by Mike M Gurl from Jessup, Pa., 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 of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 13, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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 Secret org-' of Agriculture.