1,5483. Adulteration of Ag bars.    IT. S. v.  146 Boxes  of V^g Bars.    Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
22273.    I. S. No. 12752-x.    S. No. 317.)
On or about December 9, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 146 boxes of fig bars,., remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Spokane, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
Shipped by the Old Mission Fig Bar Company, from Oakland, Calif., on or 
4bout November 11, 1927, and transported from the State'of California into 
yie State of Washington, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in .part: " Old Mission Fig Bars Made 
by Mother's Cooky Co., Oakland Calif."
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 substance.
On January 5, 1928, 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.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.