30587. Adulteration of dried peaches and dried apricots. U. S. v. 499 Cases of Dried Peaches and 999 Cases of Dried Apricots. Consent decree of con- demnation. Products released under bond for segregation and appro- priate disposal of unfit portions. (F. & D. Nos. 45195, 45196. Sample Nos. 37147-D, 37148-D.) These products had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold and in the original packages. At the time of examination they were in part moldy, dirty, and insect-infested. On April 14, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 499 cases of dried peaches and 999 cases of dried apricots at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the articles had been shipped on or about March 21, 1939, from San Francisco, Calif., by Walter M. Field & Co.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in part of filthy and decomposed vegetable substances. On May 16, 1939, Joseph Marks, claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- demnation was entered, and the products were ordered released under bond conditioned that the good portion might be salvaged by sorting if practicable. The decree provided further that the unfit portion, or the entire lot, if sorting was unsuccessful, be destroyed or disposed of for hog feed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.