15544. Adulteration of figs.     U. S. v. 190 80-Pound Sacks of Shredded Figs,
et al. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. Nos. 22069, 22135, 22181. I. S. Nos. 14288-x, 14295-x, 
19117-x, 19121-x.    S. Nos. 110, 191, 240.)
On September 26, November 8, and November 21, 1927, respectively, the 
United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports 
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by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United 
States for said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 190 
80-pound sacks of shredded figs, 99 cases of figs, and 42 boxes of mission figs, 
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remaining in the original unbroken packages in part at Zion, Ill., and in part 
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at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Sunland Sales 
Cooperative Assoc, in part from Dinuba,  Calif.,  September 6, 1927,  and  in 
part from Fresno, Calif., October 8, 1927, and transported from the State of 
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California into the  State of Illinois, and tcharging adulteration in violation 
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of the food and drugs act.    The article was labeled, variously: " Shredded 
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figs, Calif. Peach & Fig Growers Assn., Fresno, Calif.;" " Blue Ribbon Brand 
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Choice Mission Figs, Packed by California Peach & Fig Growers, Fresno, 
California;" "White Ribbon Figs * * * California Peach & Fig Growers 
Association, Fresno, Calif."
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the article was adulterated,' 
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in that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On January 17, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
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merits of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
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court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. 
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W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture* 
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