10731. Adulteration of prunes.    IT. S. v. 175 Boxes of Prunes.    Default de??
cree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.       (P.    &   L>.    No.
15527.    I. S. No. &434-t.    S. No. E-3630.)
On November 5, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of New?
Jersey, 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 175 boxes of prunes, remaining unsold at Trenton, N. J.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped by Louis Marks & Son, New York,?
N. Y., on or about October 18, 1921, and transported from the State of New?
York into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "California Prune?
Sunsweet Natural Flavor California Prune and Apricot Growers Inc., San?
Jose, Cal.    *    *    *."
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 vegetable?
substance.
On June 23, 1922, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.