15961. Adulteration  of  ground  figs.     V.   S.  v.   5  Drums   of  Roasted  Ground
Figs.    Default   decree  of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 22078.    I. S. No. 17676-x.    S. No. 125.)
On October 5, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 5 drums of roasted ground figs, remaining in the original
unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Toomey Fruit Co., from Fresno, Calif., September 26, 1927, and had 
been transported from the State of California into the State of Illinois, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On December 22, 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.