22786. Adulteration of   canned   cherries.     TJ.   S.   "v.   178   Cases   of   Canned
Cherries.     Default   decree  of   condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. no. 32793.    Sample no. 69752-A.)
Samples of canned cherries taken from the shipment involved in this case 
were found to contain maggots.
On June 4, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 178 cases of canned cherries 
at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about February 10, 1934, by Paulus Bros. Packing Co., from Salem, 
Oreg., 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 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On July 13, 1934, 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.