26431. Adulteration of cherries.    U. S. v. 17 Crates of Cherries.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 38197.    Sample no. 5888—C.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of cherries that were contaminated 
with arsenic and lead.
On August 5, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 crates of cherries 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 29, 1936, by George Boiling, from Traverse City, Mich., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 2, 1936, 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.