1615. Adulteration of  canned huckleberries.     IT.   S. v.  250 Cartons of Huckle¬
berries (and 4 other cases against canned huckleberries). Default 
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 3412, 3922, 3923, 
4059, 4060.    Sample Nos. 26568-E, 46477-E, 46479-E, 56501-E, 56509-E.)
Examination showed that this product contained maggots.
On December 5, 1940, and March 6, 8, 26, and 27, 1941, the United States 
attorneys for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of 
New York filed libels against 250 cartons and 292 cases each containing 6 
No. 10 cans of huckleberries at New York, N. Y., 48 cases each containing 6 No. 
10 cans at Brooklyn, N. Y., and 59 cases each containing 6 No. 10 cans at 
Maspeth, Long Island, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 31, 1940, by Olympia Canning Co. 
from Olympia, Wash.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance. It was labeled in part: 
"Three Castles Brand Huckleberries * * * Embassy Grocery Corp. Dis- 
tributors New York, N. Y."; and "Household Brand Huckleberries Olympia 
Canning Company."
On December 30, 1940, and March 28, April 14 and 26, and May 6, 1941, no 
claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the 
product was ordered destroyed.