20956. Adulteration of dried black figs. U. S. v. 60 Cases of Dried Black 
Figs. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 30073.    Sample no. 23069-A.)
This case involved a shipment of dried black figs that were insect-infested.
On April 12, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Hawaii, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 60 cases of dried black figs at 
Honolulu, Hawaii, consigned by the American Factors, Ltd., alleging that 
the article had been shipped on or about April 5, 1933, from San Francisco, 
Calif., into the Territory of Hawaii, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "A. M. F. A. G. G. D. 
*    *    *    Choice California Black Figs."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable substances.
On April 22, 1933, 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.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.