19580. Adulteration of raisins. IT. S. v. 50 Cases of Cluster Raisins. De- 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 27610.    I. S. No. 19818.    S. No. 5642.)
Samples of cluster raisins, taken from the interstate shipment involved in 
this action, having been found to be insect-infested and filthy, the Secretary of 
Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Texas.
On December 29, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the United States 
District Court for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 50 cases of cluster raisins, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Beaumont, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce from Fresno, Calif., on or about October 15, 1931, by Koligian Bros., 
to Dallas, Tex., and reshipped to Beaumont, Tex., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Three 
Crowns Paragon Brand London Bakers Packed by Koligian Bros., Fresno, 
California."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 22, 1932, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.