17696. Adulteration of canned red raspberries.    TT. S. v. 87 Cases of Canned
Red  Raspberries.    Consent   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 24277.    I. S. No. 024046.    S. No. 2485.)
Samples of canned red raspberries from the herein described interstate ship- 
ment having been found to contain worms and insects, the Secretary of Agri- 
culture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania.
On November 22, 1929, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 87 cases of canned red raspberries remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Scranton, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by F. B. Huxley & Son from Ontario, N. Y., on or about October 
9, 1929, and had been 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: " Huxson Brand Columbian Red Rasp- 
berries   *   *   *   Packed by F. B. Huxley & Son, Ontario, 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 September 17, 1930, by the consent of F. B. Huxley & Son, judgment ot 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.