29081. Adulteration of fig paste and orange paste with cocoanut.   U. S. -v. 1 Tin
of Fig Paste and 1 Tin of Orange Paste containing chopped cocoanut. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 42103. 
Sample Nos. 12505-D, 12507-D.)
These products were infested with insects and contained rodent hairs.
On April 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one tin each of the above-described 
products at Bloomfield, N. J.; alleging that the articles had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 4, 1937, from Brooklyn, N. Y., by the 
Orange Products Co.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The articles were labeled in part: "Orange Products Co. * * * 
Brooklyn, N. Y.,   *   *   *   Fig Fillings [or "Cocoanut"]."
They were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in 
part of filthy vegetable substances.
On May 12, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the products were ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.