23186. Adulteration of cherries.    l\ S. v. 22 Baskets of Cherries.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 33332. Sample 
no.  5833-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of cherries which contained ex- 
cessive amounts of arsenic and lead.
On August 3, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 baskets of cherries 
at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 31, 1934, by J. S. Jackson, from Lodi, N. Y., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On August 29, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.