21271. Adulteration of dried peaches.    U. S. v. 84 Boxes and 311 Boxes of
Dried Peaches.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30545'.    Sample nos. 23128-A, 23130-A.)
This case involved a shipment of dried peaches which were found to be in 
part decayed, dirty, and insect-infested.
On June 1, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Nevada, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of eighty-four 25-pound boxes and three 
hundred and eleven 10-pound boxes of dried peaches at Reno, Nev., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 8, 1933, 
by the A. Levy and J. Zentner Co., from San Francisco, Calif., 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 consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On June 27, 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 by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.