21414. Adulteration of   huckleberries.     U.   S.   v.   50   Baskets   of   Huckle¬
berries. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.    (F. & D. no. 31159.    Sample no. 50252-A.)
On September 11, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 baskets of huckle- 
berries at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by H. E. Roudabush, Shenandoah, Va., 
on or about August 9, 1933, alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce from Shenandoah, Va., into the State of Ohio, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: " H. E. Roudabush, Shenandoah, Va."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 17, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered nunc pro tunc as of September 18, 1933, ordering that the product 
be condemned and destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.