18120. Adulteration of dried peaches.    XT. S. v. 185 Boxes of Dried Peaches.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. NO. 25874.    I. S. No. 12845.    S. No. 4011.)
Samples of dried peaches from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be dirty and insect-infested, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
On February 6, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 185 boxes, more or less, of dried peaches, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the California Prune & Apricot Growers' Association, San Jose, Calif., on or 
about January 10, 1931, and had been transported from the State of California 
into the State of Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Okeh Brand California Fancy 
Peaches."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 31, 1931, 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.
AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.