26400. Adulteration of   cherries.     U.   S.   v.   88   Baskets   of   Cherries.     Default
decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.  38102.    Sample 
no. 9461-C.)
This case involved cherries that contained added poisonous ingredients, 
arsenic and lead.
On July 23, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 88 baskets of cher- 
ries at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about July 21, 1936, by Bert Mallich, from North East, 
Pa., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injurious to 
health.
On August 14, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.