16520. Adulteration of canned pitted cberries. U. S. v. 14 Cases of Pitted 
Cberries. Default decree of coiideniiiation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 23588.    I. S. No. 02767.    S. No. 1839.)
On April 5, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 14 cases of pitted cherries at Erie, Pa., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by H. A. Johnson, from Williamson, N. Y., on or about 
October 22, 1928, and transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Bestovall Brand Red Sour Pitted Cherries.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 7, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.