12081. Adulteration   of  apricots.     XT.   S.  v.  132   Saclts   of Apricot*.     Consent
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   nnd   destruction.     (F.   &   D.
No. 18014.    I. S. No. 15788-v.     8. No. E-4575.)
On November 13, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 132 sacks of apricots, at New York, N. Y., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the California Prune & Apricot Growers, Inc., 
San Jose, Calif., on or about May 16. 1922, and transported from the State of 
California into the State of New York, 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 con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On February 21, 1924, upon consent of the claimant, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal and that the claimant, 
Alexander Palestine & Co., Inc., pay the costs of the proceedings. N
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.