25999. Bllsbrandlngr of assorted dried fruit.    J. S. v. 887 Packages of Assorted/
Dried  Fruit.    Default  decree  of condemnation.    Product disposed of \ 
for   relief   and   charitable   purposes.     (F.   &  D.   no.   37230.    Sample   no. 
43862-B.)
This case involved shipment of assorted dried fruit that contained added 
sulphur dioxide, the declaration of which was practically illegible.
On February 24, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 887! packages of 
assorted dried fruit at South Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 17, 1936, by the Prince 
Dried Fruit Co., from New York, N. Y., and charging misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "New Crop 
Selected Fruit.   Prince Dried Fruit Co., New York   *   *   *   Sulphur Dioxide."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it was labeled or branded 
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser in that the declaration of the 
presence of added sulphur dioxide was made inconspicuously on the bottom of 
the package with an illegible rubber-stamp impression.
On May 4, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered, and it was ordered that the product be disposed of for relief and 
charitable purposes.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.