27856. Adulteration of  blueberries  and huckleberries.    TJ.  S.  v.  20  Crates  of
Blueberries and 103 Crates of Huckleberries. Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 40077, 40104. Sample Nos. 
67425-C, 67435-C.)
These products were infested with maggots.
On July 24 and July 31, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 20 crates of 
blueberries and 103 crates of huckleberries at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that 
the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 23 and 
July 29, 1937, respectively, by H. Marine from Rhodesdale, Md., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On August 30, 1937, no claimants having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the products were ordered destroyed, the crates to be re- 
turned to shipper.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.