1787. Adulteration of prunes and figs.    U. S. v. 11 Boxes of Prunes and 2 Boxes
of Figs and Prunes.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. Nos. 3572, 3573.    Sample Nos. 29117-B, 29118-E.)
These products were moldy.
On December 20,1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio filed a libel against 11 boxes of prunes and 2 boxes of figs and prunes 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, which had been consigned on or about October 22, 1940, 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by the Canoga 
Farms from Encino, Calif.; and charging that they were adulterated in that 
they consisted in whole or in part of decomposed substances. The articles 
were labeled in part: "Prunes" or "Calimyrna Figs & Prunes."
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On January 25, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the products were ordered destroyed.