13491. Adulteration of canned cherries.    IT. S. v. 250 Cases of Pitted Cher 
ries.     Decree  entered,  ordering product  released nnder bond to 
be salvaged.     (F. & D. No. 19570.    I. S. No. 14033-v.    S. No. E-5127.)
On February 9, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 250 cases of pitted cherries, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Reading, Pa., consigned by the Egypt Canning 
Co., from Fairport, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Fairport, N. Y., on or about October 21, 1924, and transported from the State 
of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Pride 
Of Egypt Brand Red Sour Pitted Cherries * * * Guaranteed And Dis- 
tributed By Egypt Canning Co., Inc. Egypt, N. Y."
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 March 4, 1925, the Egypt Canning Co., Egypt, N. Y., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of the court was entered, ordering that 
the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the 
proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be re-sorted, salvaged, 
repacked, and the bad portion destroyed, and that it not be sold until inspected 
and passed by a representative of this department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,