21739-a Adulteration of canned huckleberries. U. S. v. 63 Cases, et al., of 
Canned Huckleberries. Default decrees of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 31310, 31544, 31579, 31601, 31605, 
31644.    Sample nos. 51337-A, 51338-A, 58651-A. 58652-A, 58660-A.)
These cases involved various shipments of canned huckleberries that were 
found to contain maggots.
On November 1, 4, and 13, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 322 cases 
of canned huckleberries at Philadelphia, Pa. On November 18 and 22, 1933, 
the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York filed libels 
against 249 cases of canned huckleberries at New York, N.Y., and on November 
27, 1933, a libel was filed in the District of New Jersey against 147 cases of 
the product at Burlington, N.J. It was alleged in the libels that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce by Ivan Pettit, from Burlington, 
N.J., into the States of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively; that the 
shipments covered the period from August 10, 1933, to October 11, 1933; that 
147 cases of the product had been reshipped by the consignee at New York, N.Y., 
to Burlington, N.J.; and that the article was adulterated in violation of the
Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled: " Burlington Brand 
Huckleberries * * * Packed by Ivans Pettit Burlington, N.J." The re- 
mainder was labeled in part, variously: " Pansy Brand ", " Red Seal Brand ", 
" Harbor Front Huckleberries ", or " Lucky Boy Brand."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 28, December 5, December 30, 1933, and January 3, 1934, no 
claimant having appeared for the property, judgments of condemnation and 
forfeiture were 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.