29410. Adulteration of huckleberries.    U. S. v. 12 Crates and 2 Crates of Huckle¬
berries.    Default decree  of  condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.
No. 43504.   Sample No. 26534-D.)
This product was infested with maggots.
On August16, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 crates of huckle- 
berries at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 14, 1938, by M. Husine from Tobyhanna, 
Pa.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Foods and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 9, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.