25346. Adulteration of cherries.     U. S. v. 14 Crates of Cherries.     Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   36382.    Sample   no. 
33858-B.)
The cherries involved in this action were contaminated with arsenic and 
lead.
On August 17, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 crates of cher- 
ries at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about August 12, 1935, by Fox & Godding, from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled in part: "J. L. Willmeng R-2 Watervliet, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients,  arsenic and lead, in amounts which might / 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On November 1, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.