NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2587.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U. S. v. 40 Boxes Apricots.   Judgment of condemnation by default.   Goods
ordered destroyed.
ADULTERATION OF APRICOTS.
On July 30, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 40 boxes of dried 
apricots remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped on July 
25, 1912, by M. Rosen, New York, N. Y., and transported from 
the State of New York, via the States of New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania, into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Thirty-two of the boxes 
were labeled: " 25 lbs. net when packed. California Royal Apricots, 
Guaranteed under Food and Drugs Act. Serial No. 6739." Eight 
of the boxes were labeled: " 25 lbs. net when packed. Apricots D 
Preserved with sulphur Dioxide No. 41."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the rea- 
son that it consisted in part, to wit, about 60 per cent, of a filthy, 
decomposed, and moldy vegetable substance, which said filthy, de- 
composed, and moldy vegetable substance rendered the product 
injurious to health and unfit for human food.
On October 26, 1912, no claimant having appeared for the prop- 
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it 
was ordered by the court that the product should be destroyed by 
the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 22, 1913.
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