|1J>365.  Adulteration of dried flgrs.     V. S. v. 1,500 Cases of Dried Figrs.     Con- 
sent   decree   of  condemnation   and   forfeiture.    Product   released 
# under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21878.    I. S   No. 13779-x.     S. No. E-6102.)
;?0n April 30, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
ew York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
istrict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and
ondemnation of 1,500 cases of dried figs, remaining in the original unbroken
packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by t 
Malaga Packing Co., from Fresno, Calif., March 23, 1927, and transported fro 
the State of California into the State of New York, and charging adulteratic 
in violation of the food and drugs act
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it ?cc 
sifted in whole or in part ol a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substanc
On September 3, 1927, the Malaga Packing Co., Fresno, Calif., claimant, ha 
ing admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it w 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant up 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the si 
of $2,250, conditioned in part that it be labeled " Not for Human Consumptioi 
and should not be used for human consumption or for purposes other than t 
distillation of alcohol, manufacture of tobacco, or use as hog feed.
R  W. DXJNLAP, Acting Secretari/ of Agriculture