18294. Adulteration of canned prunes.    U. S. v. 28 Cases of Canned Prunes.
Consent decree of destruction entered.     (F. & D. No. 25957.    I. S. No. 
23993.    S. No. 4216.)
Samples of canned prunes from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
On February 26, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 28 cases of canned prunes at Tulsa, Okla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Hunt Bros. Packing Co., Salem, Oreg., on or about De- 
cember (11), 1930, and had been transported from the State of Oregon into 
the State of Oklahoma, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Premio Brand 
Italian Prunes Packed by Hunt Brothers Packing Co., San Francisco, Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 30, 1931, the Hunt Brothers Packing Co., San Francisco, Calif., 
and the Hale-Halsell Grocery Co., Tulsa, Okla., having each entered an ap- 
pearance and having consented to the confiscation and destruction of the prod- 
uct, judgment was entered by the court ordering that the said product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.