27618. Adulteration of raisins.     U. S. v. 25 Boxes  of Raisins.     Default decree
of   condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   39371.    Sample   Nos. 
32749-C, 82760-C.)
This product was contaminated with hydrocyanic acid and also was wormy.
On April 13, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 boxes of raisins 
at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 27, 1936, by Rosenberg Bros. & Co. from San Fran- 
cisco, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Pennant Brand * * * Clusters Packed 
by California Packing Corporation."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poisonous and 
deleterious ingredient, hydrocyanic acid, which might have rendered it injurious 
to health; and in that it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable 
substance.
On September 13, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.