15638.?Adulteration   of .fig's.     TJ.   S.  v.  25   Cases   of  Black  Figrs,   et  al.     De?
fault order of destruction entered. (F. & D. No. 22019. I. S. Nos.?
17020-x, 17021-x.    S. No. 53.)
On August 11, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Utah,?
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 25 cases of black figs and 10 cases of white figs, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Ogden, Utah, consigned by Guggenhime & Co., Fresno,?
-Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped from Fresno, Calif., on or?
-about June 24, 1927, and had been transported from the State of California?
into the State of Utah, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and?
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Croesus Brand California Stand??
ard Black Figs, Guggenhime & Company, California," or "Daphne Brand?
California Choice White Figs   *    *    *    Guggenhime & Company."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con??
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On December 15, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment was entered finding the product adulterated and ordering that it be?
-destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.    -