22774. Adulteration of olives.    TJ. S. v. 13 Cases of Olives.    Default decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 32686. 
Sample no. 67967-A.)
This case involved a shipment of olives that were in part wormy.
On May 9,1934, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsyl- 
vania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 13 cases of olives at Scran- 
ton, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on 
or about January 12 and May 5, 1933, by the B. M. Reeves Co., from Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Peerless Brand Olives * * * Packed by Peer- 
less Packing Co. Brooklyn, New York."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On June 9, 1934, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.