5825. 'Adulteration of  prunes.     U.   S.     *      *      *     v.  450  Pounds   of  Prunes. 
Consent    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No   8382.    I. S. No..5423-m.    S. No. E-854.)
On July 9, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure 
and condemnation of 450 pounds of prunes, consigned by Joseph Peters, New 
York, N. Y., remaining unsold in original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, 
Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about June 23, 1917, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and 
charging   adulteration  in  violation  of  the  Food   and   Drugs  Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted, in whole or in part, of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and 
vegetable substance.
On July 13, 1917, the said Joseph Peters, claimant, having consented to a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product should be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.