27442. Adulteration of raisins.     U. S. v. 185 Cases of Raisins.     Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.    (F.   &   D.   no.   39421.    Sample   no. 
18680-C.)
This case involved raisins that were insect-infested.
On April 23, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 185 cases of raisins 
at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about December 8, 1936, by the California Packing Co. [Corpora- 
tion] from Fresno, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Regent Brand California 
Cluster Raisins Packed by Del-Rey Packing Company   Del-Rey, California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On July 10, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.