15489.  Adulteration of lis" bars.     V. S. v. 17 Cases of Fi<A Bars.     Defuult de- 
cree   of  condemnation,   forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F   &  D.   No.
222Cy. I. S. No. 176G6-X  S. No. 010.)
On December 5, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, 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 17 cases of fig bars, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by the American Cracker Co., 
Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped from Seattle, Wash., 
on or about November 1, 1927, and transported from the State of Washington 
into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On January 4, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
t       that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.