3086. Adulteration of canned blackberries.    U. S. v. 53 Cases of Canned Black¬
berries.     Default  decree  of  condemnation and  destruction.     (F.  D.   C.
No, 6688.    Sample No. 72139-E.) ' 
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Examination of this product showed the presence of moldy bei-ries.
On January 22, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California filed a libel against 53 cases, each containing 24 cans, of blackberries 
at, Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped .in interstate, 
commerce on or about November 26, 1941, by Paulus Bros. Packing Co. from 
Salem, Oreg.; and. charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
"White Tag Blackberries   *    *    *   1 Lb."
On February 16, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.