26612. Adulteration of cherries.    V. S. v. 64 Crates of Cherries.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 38305.   Sample no. 14721-C.)
This case involved fresh cherries that were contaminated with arsenic and 
lead.
On August 12; 1936, 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 64 crates of cherries 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 23, 1936, by M. W. Miller & Co., from Ludington, Mich., 
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 and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts 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.