221.27. Adultern.tion of can.nt"cl cherries. U. S. ,·. GO C1u1eM of Cl1 ~rri("s.
n~rnult <leeree of cle,..tt·uction. (F. & D. no. 31832. Sample no.
59202-.A.)
T11is case involved a shipment of cannecl cherries whi<·h were found to
contain maggots.
011 .January 12, 1934, thc- United Stntei-; attorney for the w·esf·ern District
of 1'1issouri, acting upon n report by tl1c S·e(·retnry of Agriculture, filecl in tlle
distriet <"Onrt a Jihel praying Rcizure and comlemnatiou of 50 case~ of cherries
at Joplin, Mo., alleging that tl1c article llncl hcen ~hippecl in inter~tate commerce,
on or about K oYemher 8. J 933. by the Paulus Bros. Packing Co., from
Salem, Oreg., and cl1arging- adulteration in violation of the 1~.,.oocl untl Drugs
Act. Tile article waR hthcled in part: ".Tnclr Sprat nrnml Royal Anne
ChPrrics, * * * raclted for Jack Sprat lfoous, Inc., Marshalltown, Iowa."
It Y\,·a~ alle~Pd in the lihel thnt the artic1e wn~ n,dulteratPd in that it con~
sisterl in whole or in part of a filthy ,·egetahle subRtance.
On .:March 21, 19341 no r.laimnnt Irnving- appeared for the prorierty, jmlgnH-'nt
was entered finding the 1woduct nclultNatecl and ordering that it he clestroye-d
by the United States marshal.
1\1. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary