22795. Adulteration of canned fresh prunes. U. S. v. 133 Cases of Canned 
Fresh Prunes. Default decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 32780. 
Sample no. 65899-A.)
This ease involved a shipment of canned fresh prunes which were in part 
decomposed.
On May 31, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of Mis- 
souri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 133 cases of canned fresh 
prunes at Joplin, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about November 18,1933, by the Paulus Bros. Packing Co., from 
Salem, Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: " Mayflower Brand Fresh Prunes * * * 
Distributed by Marshall Canning Co., Marshalltown, Iowa."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 7, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment was 
entered finding the product adulterated, and ordering that it be destroyed by 
the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.