9395. Adulteration of canned prunes. V. S. * * * v. 100 Cases * * * 
of Primes. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 14008.     I. S. No. 4158-t.     SI No. C-260S.)
On December 11, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 100 cases, more or less, of prunes, at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers 
Canning Co., Puyallup, Wash., on October 26, 1920, and transported from the 
State of Washington into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On April 15, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BA.LL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.