18775. Adulteration of canned prunes.    U.  S. ~v. 38  Cases  of Prunes.    De 
fault  decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 26043.    I. S. No. 18226.    S. No. 4342.)
Samples of 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 Southern District of Iowa.
On March 18, 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 38 cases of canned prunes, remaining in the original cases at Ottumwa, 
Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped by the National Fruit Canning 
Co., Seattle, Wash., on or about November 26, 1930, and had been transported 
from the State of Washington into the State of Iowa, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
" Real Fruit Brand Italian Prunes packed by National Fruit Canning Co., 
Seattle, Washington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On September 18. 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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.