2271. Misbranding of dates.    U. S. v. 31 and 36 Cartons of Dates.    Default decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to a charitable institution.
(F. D. C. No. 8583.    Sample Nos. 34129-E, 34130-E.)
These products were packed in open-top cellophane-wrapped cardboard boxes. 
The boxes were of two sizes, 5 ounces and 14 ounces, respectively. The smaller 
size contained 12 dates in the top layer and an average of but 7 dates la the
lower, and the larger size contained an average of 36 dates in the top layer 
and but 22 dates in the lower.
On December 26, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed a libel against 67 cartons of dates at Newark, N. J., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 7, 
1940, by B. M. Reeves from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging that it was misbranded 
in that its container was so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. The 
article was labeled in part: "Uco   *   *   *   Pitted [or "Selected"] Dates."
On August 15, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable institution.
POULTRY
Nos. 2272 to 2275 report the seizure and disposition of poultry that 
consisted in part of diseased birds.