12302. Adulteration   of   prunes.     U.   S.   v.   57   Sacks    of   Prunes.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.- 
18153.    I. S. No. 15798-v.    S. No. E-5628.)
On December 11, 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 57 sacks of prunes remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages, at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped from Constanza, Roumania, into the State of New York, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Aduleration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
article consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 2, 1924, 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.
HOWAED M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.