14902.?Adulteration   of   canned   cherries.    U.   S.   v.   914   Cases   of   Canned
Cherries.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 19870.    I. S. No. 20497-v.    S. No. W-935.)
On March 6, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure?
and condemnation of 914 cases of canned cherries, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the National Grape Juice Co., from Philadelphia, Pa., November 26,?
1924, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Cali??
fornia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The?
article was labeled in part: (Can) "Pride of Westfield Brand * * * Red?
Pitted Sour Cherries Packed By The Westfield Fruit Produce Co. Inc. West-?
field, N. Y.'-
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On March 1, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.