26199. Adulteration of  dried  peaches.     U.   S.   v.   550   Cases   of  Dried  Peaches.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation.     Product   released  under   bond   for 
reconditioning.     (F. & D. no. 87170.    Sample no. 46251-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of dried peaches that were infested 
with insects and that were dirty.
On February 7,1936, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 550 cases of dried peaches at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about December 31, 1935, by Libby, McNeill & Libby, from San Francisco, 
Calif., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
The article was labeled: "55018 Portsmouth Prepared with sulphur dioxide 
25 Lbs Net Extra Choice Cling Peaches Packed for The Gilbert Gro Co., 
Portsmouth Ohio."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On April 3, 1936, Libby, McNeill & Libby, claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the article be released under bond 
conditioned that it be reconditioned under the supervision of the Department 
of Agriculture.
HAERT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.