14190 Adulteration of canned cherries. U. S. v. 100 Cases and 100 Cases 
of Red Sour Pitted Cherries. Default decrees of condemnation, 
forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   Nos.   19934,   19935.    I.   S.   No
24589-v.     S. No.  C-5010.)
On March 27, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 200 cases of red sour pitted cherries, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Red Wing Co., Inc., from Fredonia, N. Y., August 22, 
1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Michigan, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Red Wing Brand Red Sour Pitted Cherries * * * 
Manufactured And Guaranteed By The Red Wing Company Incorporated 
Fredonia, N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance, in that it contained excessive larvae.
On February 3, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.