23050. Adulteration of blueberries.     U. S. v. 5 Crates of Blueberries.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 33213. 
Sample no. 5601-B.)
This case involved a shipment of blueberries which were infested with 
maggots.
On July 20, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western 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 five crates of blue- 
berries at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about July 18, 1934, by P. Lippman, from Centralia, 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 29, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.