22568. Adulteration of   blueberries.      U.    S.   v.    14   Crates   of   Blueberries.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. no. 33367.    Sample no. 7112-B.)
This case involved a shipment of blueberries which were infested with mag- 
gots.
On August 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 14 crates of blue- 
berries at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 1, 1934, by M. J. Elchisak, from Shenan- 
doah, 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 in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On August 17, 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.