26607. Adulteration of  blueberries.     U.  S. v.  10 Crates,  et al.,  of  Blueberries.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 38279, 
38315, 38316. 88317. 38324. Sample nos. 7457-C, 9094-C, 9191-C to 9194-C, 
incl.)
These cases involved blueberries which were infested with maggots.
On August 29 and September 8, 1936, the United States attorneys for the 
Western and the Southern Districts of New York, acting upon reports by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 10 crates of blueberries at Buffalo, N. Y., and 
45 crates of blueberries at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 25 and September 3, 
1936, by W. C. Robinson, from Harrington, Maine., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 28 and November 16, 1936, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product 
be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.