119. Adulteration of huckleberries.     V. S. v. 3 Crates of Huckleberries  (and 19
other seizure actions against huckleberries and blueberries). Default 
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 371, 374,, 375, 376, 
377, 428, 431, 432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 456, 457, 458, 500, 501, 504, 510, 641. 
Sample Nos. 69731-D, 69737-D to 69741-D, incl., 69746-D, 69747-D, 69748-D, 
69750-D to 69755-D, incl., 69758-D, 69759-D, 69763-D, 69765-D, 69767-D 
69769-D, 69770-D, 69772-D, 69773-D.)
Between August 9 and August 18, 1939, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed libels against 256% crates, 893 quarts, 
and 8 pints of huckleberries and blueberries at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from 
August 1 to August 13, 1939, in various lots and by various shippers as follows: 
Mrs. U. W. G. Godfrey, Salisbury, Md.; Ross Wescott, Hammonton, N. J.; Wm. 
Peyrel, Atco, N. J.; George Offenberger, Atco, N. J.; Charles Mauroni, Atco, 
N. J.; Nina Peta, Gibbstown, N. J.; R. M. Allen, New Gretna, N. J.; G. Jones, 
Berlin, N. J.; L. A. Wolfe, Hammonton, N. J.; Eugene Sudler, Hartly, Del.; 
M. Levaty, Atco, N. J.; I. Anderson, Atco, N. J.; A. Shoemaker, Atco, N. J.; 
Frank Reynolds, Whiting, N. J.; Harvey Leek, Parkertown, N. J.; H. M. Marine, 
Rhodesdale, Md.; Harry Marine, Hurlock, Md.; and charging that they were 
adulterated.
Adulteration was alleged in that the articles consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy substance or of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance.
On August 26 and September 8, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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