15441. Adulteration of  dried  figs.     TJ.  S.  v.  188  Cases  of Dried Pigs.    De 
fault decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 22104.    I. S. No. 16567-x.    g. No. 148.)
On October 19, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by th% Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 188 cases of dried figs, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
Anton Beban, from Madera, Calif., on or about August 22, 1927, and trans- 
ported from the State of California into the State of New York, and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in  part:   " California,   Packed    *     *     *   by  Anton   Beban,   Madera,   Cal."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance, to wit, wormy, moldy, sour, and bird-pecked figs.
On January 9, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEMNK, Secretary of Agriculture.