31076. Adulteration  of raspberries.    IT.  S. v.  1,725  Crates  of Raspberries?
Default   decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction*.
(F. & D. No. 16658.    I. S. No. 2026-v.    S. No. E-4075.)
On July 24, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District of New?
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary qf Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condem??
nation of 1,725 crates of raspberries, remaining in the original unbroken pack??
ages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by Harvey?
Stewart, on or about July 1, 1922, in part from Philadelphia, Pa., and in part?
from Hammonton, N. J., and transported from the States of Pennsylvania and?
New Jersey, respectively, into the State of New York, and charging adultera??
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub??
stance.
On September 8, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the-?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.