8390. Adulteration of raisins. IT. S. * * * v. 370 Cases, More or I,e?s, of? Kaisins. Consent decree of condemnation mid forfeiture. Prod?? uct released on bond. (F. & D. No. 9947. S. No. C-1128.) On March 29, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,? 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 condem?? nation of 370 cases of raisins, at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article? had been shipped on or about December 17, 1918, by the Bonner Packing Co.,? Locans, Calif., and transported from the State of California into the State of? Minnesota, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.? The article was labeled in part, " Locans Brand Seeded Raisins packed by? Locan Packing Co., Fresno, Calif." Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de?? partment showed that the contents of the packages were contaminated with? sand and dirt. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that a substance, to? wit, sand, had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce and? lower and injuriously affect its quality, and in that it consisted in whole or in? part of a filthy vegetable substance. On July 21, 1919, the Bonner Packing Co., claimant, having consented to the? entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,? and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the claimant? upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the filing of a bond in the? sum of $700, in conformity with section 10 of the act. ' ?