29452. Adulteration of blueberries. U. S. v. 4 Crates of Blueberries. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 43327. Sample No. 
26631-D.)
This product was infested with maggots.
On August 9, 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 four crates of blue- 
berries at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 6, 1938, from Modo, Pa., by Matsko's; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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