19527. Adulteration of flgrs.    U. S. v. 50 Boxes of White Ribbon Brand Figs,
et al. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. Nos. 27274, 27307, 27321, 27322, 27323, 27324. I. S. Nos. 
29567, 29571, 29572, 29574, 39270, 39271. S. Nos. 5446, 5463, 5472, 5473, 
5485, 5487.)
Samples of figs from the shipments herein described having been found to 
be worm-infested, moldy, sour, and worthless, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western District 
of New York.
On or about November 23 and December 1, 1931, the United States attorney 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 752 boxes of figs, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages in various lots at Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N. Y., con- 
signed by the California Peach & Fig Growers Association, Fresno, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Fresno, Calif., in part on or 
about November 3, 1931, and in part on or about November 5, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of California into the State of New York, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. Portions 
of the article were labeled in part: "White Ribbon Brand * * * Call- ( 
fornia Peach & Fig Growers." The remainder of the said article was labeled 
in part: "Blue Ribbon Figs * * * Grown and Packed in California 
*   *   *   by California Peach & Fig Growers Association, Fresno."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On March 9, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Affriculture.