26423. Adulteration of blueberries.     U. S. v. 6  Crates of Blueberries.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38170. Sample no. 
16753-C.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of blueberries that were infested 
with maggots.
On August 10, 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 six crates of blue- 
berries at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 7, 1936, by Francis Estlow from Chatsworth, 
N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On August 19, 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.