28226. Adulteration of canned cberrles.    U. S. v. 72 Cases of Cherries.    Consent
decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D. No. 40476.    Sample 
No. 49513-C.)
This product was infested with maggots.
On October 13, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secetary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 72 cases of canned cherries 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about August 10, 1937, from Salem, Oreg., by Oregon Fruit Products Co., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 20, 1937, Salem Cherry Growers Association, Salem, Oreg., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered' and the product 
was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.