26060. Adulteration of  dried  apricots.     U.   S.   v.   26   Cases   of  Dried  Apricots.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (P.  & D. no.  87562. 
Sample no. 67809-B.)
This case involved dried apricots that were insect-infested.
On or about April 20, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 26 cases of 
dried apricots at Amarillo, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about June 11 and December 1, 1935 [1934], by the 
California Packing Corporation, from Fresno, Calif., aiic* charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Sterling Brand Apricots * * * California Packing Corporation * * * 
San Francisco, Calif."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable substance.
On June 4, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.