16033. Adulteration of figs.     V. S. v. 144 Boxes of Black figs.     Default de- 
cree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.  No.
22072.    I. S. No. 19604-x.    S. No. 117.)
On September 30, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
sota, 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 con- 
'demnation of 144 boxes of black figs, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Sunland Sales Cooperative Association, from Fresno, Calif., August 15, 1927, 
.and had been transported from the State of California into the State of Minne- 
sota, 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 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On July 9, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
ihe product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.