19711. Adulteration of shredded figs.     U.  S. v. 1,054 Boxes  and 588 Boxes
of Shredded Figs. Consent decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion entered. (F. & D. Nos. 27631, 27632. I. S. Nos. 37228, 37229. S. 
Nos. 5667, 5671.)
Samples of figs from the shipments herein described having been found to 
be insect-infested and moldy, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
On January 6, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 1,642 boxes of shredded figs at Dallas, Tex., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the California Packing Corporation, from 
Fresno, Calif., in part on or about August 23, 1931, and in part on or about 
October 24, 1931, and had been transported from the State of California into 
the State of Texas, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance, viz, 
figs that were dirty, moldy, and infested with insects.
On January 27, 1932, the California Packing Corporation, Fresno, Calif., 
and the consignee in whose possession the goods were seized, having consented 
to the destruction of a portion of the product, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered by the court that the said portion be destroyed 
by the United States marshal. On February 18, 1932, the interveners having 
represented to the court that the remaining figs constituted a nuisance and 
having prayed that they be destroyed, judgment was entered ordering their 
condemnation and immediate destruction.
HENEY A.   WALLACE,  Secretary  of  Agriculture.