28182. Adulteration of canned cherries.    TJ. S. v. 50 Cartons of Canned Cherries.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 40460 
Sample No. 51034-C.)
This product contained maggots.
On October 9, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 cartons of canned 
cherries at Santa Barbara, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 30, 1937, from Seattle, Wash., by 
the National Fruit Canning Co., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Westag Brand Water 
Pack Red Sour Pitted Cherries * * * Western States Grocery Company, 
Distributors Oakland California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 24, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.