1607. Adulteration of  canned apricots.     U.   S.  v.  24  Cases  of Whole  Apricots.
Default  decree  of   condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.  D.   C.  No.   2401. 
Sample No. 7969-E.)
This product contained worms and worm excreta.
On July 31, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Arizona filed 
a libel against 24 cases of canned apricots at Prescott, Ariz., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 21, 1939, 
by the Val Vita Food Products, Inc., from Fullerton, Calif.; and charging that 
it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance. 
The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Val Vita Brand Whole Apricots."
On January 16, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
Nos. 1608 to 1612, inclusive, report the seizure and disposition of canned 
cherries that were substandard in quality because of the presence of excessive 
pits, and were not labeled to indicate that they were substandard.