18679. Adulteration of canned prunes.    U. S. v. 83 Cases of Canned Prunes.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. &
D. No. 25779.    I. S. No. 11489.    S. No. 4006.)
Samples of canned prunes from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Northern District of California.
On January 21, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 83 cases of canned prunes, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Hayward, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
Hunt Bros. Packing Co., Salem, Oreg., on or about January 5, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of Oregon into the State of California, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) "Forest Brand Italian Prunes * * * Hunt Bros. 
Packing Co.,   *   *   *   Main Office San Francisco, Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 10, 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.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.