15533. Adulteration of fig- paste.     TJ. S. v. 200 Boxes of Fig Paste.     Default
deci'ee of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
22051.    I. S. No. 19296-x.    S. No. 90.)
On September 6, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, 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 200 boxes of fig paste, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by Rosen- 
berg Bros. & Co., San Francisco, Calif., from Fresno, Calif., on or about May 30, 
1927, and transported from the State of California into the State of Missouri, 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 con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal (vegetable) 
substance.
On October 11, 1927, 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. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.