27060. Adulteration of canned blueberries.     U.  S. v.  197 Cases of Blueberries.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38567. 
Sample nos. 11668-C, 11677-C.)
This case involved canned blueberries that contained maggots.
On November 23, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 197 cases of canned 
blueberries at Maiden, Mass., alleging that they had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 11, 1936, by S. D. & C. C. Cousins, Jr., from 
Ellsworth, Maine, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Cousins Maine Blueberries * * * 
Packed by S. D. & C. C. Cousins Jr.    Brooklin, Me."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On March 29, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.