15361. Adulteration of figs. TJ. S. v. 2,000 Bags, et al., of Dried Pigs. C< 
sent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product releas 
under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 21824, 21880, 21910. I. S. Nos. 13777 
13778-x,  13787-x.    g.  Nos.  E-3283,  E-6104, E-6128.)
On April 28 and 29, and May 11, 1927, respectively, the United States att 
ney for the Southern District of New York, acting upon reports by the Sec 
tary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for s 
district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 3,670 sacks of dried f 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleg 
that the article had been shipped by the California Seedless Raisin Co., in i 
from Oakland, Calif., and in part from Fresno, Calif., in various consigning 
between February 26, 1927, and March 23, 1927, and transported from 
State of California into the State of New York, and charging adulteratioi 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated, in that it < 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable i 
stance, to wit, wormy, moldy, filthy, and sour figs.
On July 26, and August 23, 1927, respectively, James Kutsukian and 
Sawyer Biscuit Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimants for respective port 
of the property, having admitted the allegations of the libel and ha- 
consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfei 
were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be release 
the said claimants upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
execution of bonds totaling $12,700, conditioned in part that it be used in 
manufacture of tobacco.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agricultui