15672.?Adulteration of figs.     U. S. v. 37 Cases of Dried Figs, et al.     Default
decrees   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.
Nos. 22368, 22369, 22370, 22377. I. S. Nos. 17685-x, 17686-x, 17687-x,?
17688-x, 17689-x,  17692-x,  17693-x.    S. Nos. 423, 434, 445.
On January 11, 12, and 17, 1928, respectively, the United States attorney for?
the Northern District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 92 cases of figs, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by Lekas &?
Drivas, New York, N. Y., in part October 10, 1927, and in part October 11, 1927,?
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce from New?
York, N. Y., into the State of California, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the food and drugs act. The articles were labeled, in part, variously:?
" Product of Greece L. & D. New York Choice Calamata Figs Crop 1927 Lekas?
& Drivas Calamata; " " Choice Cross Figs Crosses * * * Lekas & Drivas?
Calamata ;" " Choice Cross Figs Crosses * * * L. & D. New York;" " Choice?
Calamata Figs Crop 1927 Calamata Order of Lekas and Drivas;" "Product of?
Greece * * * Crosses L. & D. New York Choice Calamata Figs 1927 Crop?
Lekas & Drivas;" " Calamata Figs Crop 1927 Product of Greece Lekas & Drivas?
New York;" " Product of Greece    *    *    *    Lekas & Drivas New York."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con??
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On April 9, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments?
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by.the court?
thnt the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE,  Secretary  of Agriculture.