26397. Adulteration of   cherries.     XT.   S.   v.   21   Hampers   of   Cherries.     Default
decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  no.  88089.    Sample 
no. 8199-C.)
This case involved cherries that contained an added poisonous or deleterious 
ingredient, lead.
On July 15, 1936, 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 21 hampers of 
cherries at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 14, 1936, by Fred Beckhorn from Valois, 
N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poi- 
sonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On August 13, 1936, no claimant appearing, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. Ii. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.