3163. Adulteration of prunes.    U. S. v. 82 Boxes of Prunes.     Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 6638.    Sample No. 11313-B.)
On January 5, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas filed a libel against 92 25-pound boxes of prunes at Houston, Tex., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 
11,1941, by the Vagim Packing Co. from Fresno, 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: "Westcoast Brand California 
Prunes,"
On February 10, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the prodiict was ordered destroyed.