19327. Adulteration of canned blackberries.    V. S. v. 1,250 Cases of Canned
Blackberries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.    (F. & D. No. 27193.    I. S. No. 12783.    S. No. 5371.)
Samples of canned blackberries from the shipment herein described having 
'been found to be moldy, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On October 30, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 1,250 cases of canned blackberries at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped on or about October 16, 1931, by Puyallup & 
Sumner Fruit Growers Association from Tacoma, Wash., and had been trans- 
ported in interstate commerce from the State of Washington into the State of 
Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Charmed Land Brand Cultivated Evergreen 
Blackberries Packed by Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association, 
Puyallup Wash."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 22, 1932, the default of all parties having been noted, judgment of 
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.