16304. Adulteration of dates.    U.  S. v. 12 Cases, et al.,  of Dates.    Defawlt
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 
23213.    I. S. Nos. 0336, 0337.    S. No. 1319.)
On November 28, 1928, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, 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 39 cases of dates, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
W. H. Marvin Co., from Urbana, Ohio, and transported from the State of Ohio 
into the State of Washington, arriving at Seattle on or about May 27, 1928, 
and June 22, 1928, respectively, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food andi drugs act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
"Marvin Brand Dates * * * Packed by The W. H. Marvin Co. Urbana, 
Ohio." The remainder of the said article was labeled in part: (Cans) " Servus 
Brand Fancy Halloween Dates."
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 January 8, 1929, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.