29366. Adulteration of blueberries.    U. S. v. 3 Crates of Blueberries.    Default
decree of destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43140.    Sample No. 12961-D.)
This product was infested with maggots.
On July 23, 1938, 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 three crates of 
blueberries at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 16, 1938, by J. A. Murphy from 
Atkinson, N. C.; 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 4, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,