1       15724. Adulteration of black figs.    U. S. v. 4C Cases of Black Figs.    Default 
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decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D. No.
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22082.    1. S. No. 17962-x.    S. No. 721.)
1 On April 2, 1928. the United States attorney for the District of Wyoming,
1 acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
J of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
1 tion of 45 cases of black figs, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
j Rock Springs, Wyo., alleging that the article had been shipped from the Sun- 
1 land Sales Cooperative Assoc, Fresno, Calif., on or about October 7. 1927. and 
1 had been transported from the State of California into the State of Wyoming, 
1 and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
1 was labeled in part: " * * * Paradise Brand Extra Choice Black Figs, 
! Garcia & Maggini Co., San Francisco, Calif." 
! 1t was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was
composed in part of a decomposed and putrid vegetable substance and was unfit
for food.
On April 30, 1928, 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.
R. W. DtnstLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.