2911. Adulteration of canned blackberries.    U. S. v. 86 Cases and 43G Cases of
Canned Blackberries.     Portion of product ordered released under bond
for  segregation  and  destruction  of unfit berries;   remaining-  lot con- 
demned and ordered destroyed.     (F. D. C. Nos. 6153, 6713.    Sample  Nos. 
-      61458-E, 73378-E.)
On or about November 5,1941, and January 20,1942, the United States attorneys 
for the District of Idaho and the Western District of Missouri filed libels against 
86 cases each containing 6 No. 10 cans of blackberries at Boise, Idaho, and 436 
cases each containing 6 No. 10 cans of blackberries at Kansas City, Mo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 
3 and 20, 1941, by Olympia Canning Co. from Olympia, Wash.; and charging that 
it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance. The article was labeled in part: "Olympia Blackberries in Water"; or 
"Pickwick Distributed by Pickwick Products, Inc. Kansas City, Mo. Blackberries 
Water Pack."
On December 22, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the blackberries at 
Boise, judgment of forfeiture was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. 
On March £3, 1942, Olympia Canning Co., claimant for the blackberries at Kansas 
City, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment was entered ordering 
that the product be released under bond for segregation and destruction of the 
ur.fit portion.