17806. Adulteration of string Greek flgs. IT. S. v. 491 Cases of String Greek Figs. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 25305. I. S. No. 5148. S. No. 3563.) Samples of the string Greek figs from the herein-described interstate shipment having been found to contain wormy and moldy fruit, the Secretary of Agri- culture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On November 7, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 491 cases of string Greek figs, remaining in the original un- broken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Banca Commerciale Italiana Trust Co., New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., on or about October 13, 1930, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adultera- tion 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 and putrid and decomposed vegetable substance. On December 22, 1930, Louis A. Ludwig & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., claimants, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimants upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,500, conditioned in part that it be salvaged under the supervision of this department, the good portion released and the unfit portion destroyed by the United States marshal. ARTHUR M. HYDE. Secretary of Agriculture.