30756. Adulteration of dried peaches. T7. S. v. 1,400 Boxes of Dried Peaches. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 45391. 
Sample No. 44295-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce by boat from San 
Francisco, Calif., to Newark, N. J., at which port it was damaged substantially 
as the result of a fire. When examined the boxes were thickly encrusted with 
dirty clay; some boxes were burned or charred; and the fruit was moldy, water- 
soaked, or filthy.
On May 23, 1939, 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 1,400 boxes of dried peaches remain- 
ing unsold and in the original packages at Newark, N. J.; alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about March 4, 1939, from San Francisco, Calif., 
by Cured Fruit Association of California; and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: "Asco Brand Cali- 
fornia Peaches."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy or decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 29, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.