19608. Adulteration of dried black figs.    IT.  S. v. 23 Boxes of Dried Black
Flgrs. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 27350.    I. S. No. 22526.    S. No. 5531.)
Samples of dried black figs taken from the interstate shipment covered by 
this action were found to be insect-infested and decomposed.
On December 10, 1931, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 23 boxes of the said dried black figs, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce by the Joe Mangini Draying Co. (Inc.), 
from San Francisco, Calif., on or about October 31,1931, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Box) "Black Mission Figs Grown and Packed by T. M. Atwood, Oroville, 
Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 11, 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.