26438. Adulteration of blueberries.     U. S. v. 112 Crates of Blueberries.     Default
decree  of condemnation and destruction.    (F. &  D.  no.  38209.    Sample 
no. 9250-C, 11623-C.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of blueberries that were infested 
with maggots.
On August 24, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 112 crates of blue- 
berries at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 18, 1936, by John Scoblick from Sargent- 
ville, Maine, 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 vegetable substance.
On September 9, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the article be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.