21605. Adulteration of  blueberries.    U.  S.   v.   10%   Crates  of  Blueberries.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(P. & D. no. 31122.    Sample no. 55467-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of blueberries that were found to 
contain filth.
On August 31, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10% crates of 
blueberries at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that th.e article had been shipped a
interstate commerce on or about August 29, 1933, by Frank M. Tucker, from 
Cherryfield, Maine, 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 consisted 
of a filthy animal (vegetable) substance.
On September 29, 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 Secretary of Agriculture.