23118. Adulteration of blueberries.    U. S. v. 12 Crates of Blueberries.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no.  33383. 
Sample no. 15029-B.)
This case involved a shipment of blueberries which were infested with 
maggots.
On August 16, 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 12 crates of 
blueberries at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 14, 1934, by Welton Lozier, from 
Machias, Maine, 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 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On September 10, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed. 
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M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.