15939. Adulteration  of dried figs.    TJ.  S.  v.  250 Cases  of Dried Fig's.     De 
fault  decree  of condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 21977.    I. S. No. 2487-x:   S. No. 12.) 
On or about July 23, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas, 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 condem- 
nation of 250 cases of dried figs, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Kansas City, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Sunland 
Sales Cooperative Assoc, from Fresno, Calif., on or about September 13, 1926, 
and transported from the State of California into the State of Kansas, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Blue Ribbon Figs, * * * California Peach and Fig 
Growers Association    *    *    *    Fresno, Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that said figs 
were wormy, moldy, and dirty, and in that said product "consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 16, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.