2912. Adulteration of canned blackberries.    U. S. v. 48 Cases of Canned Black¬
berries.     Default   decree   of  condemnation  and  destruction.      (F.   D.   C. 
No. 6280.    Sample No. 58762-E.)
On November 24, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California filed a libel against 48 cases, each containing 6 cans, of blackberries at 
Long Beach, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on orabout August 31, 1941, by Western Oregon Packing Corporation from 
Corvallis, Oreg.; and charging thatit was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
"Heart of the Valley Brand Blackberries   *    *    *   Net Weight 6 Lb. 7 Oz."
On December 22, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.