2259. Adulteration of dried apricots.    U.  S. v. 8 Cases  of Dried Apricots.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 4524.    'Sample 
No. 22163-B.)
On May 8, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania filed a libel against 8 cases of dried apricots at Philadelphia, Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about April 9, 1841, by John 
Leonard from San Francisco, Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance. The 
article was labeled in part: (Cases) "50 Lbs. Net Dried Apricots Unsulphured." 
' On June 10, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.