20125. Adulteration of   dried   grapes.    U.S.   v.   25   Cases   of  Dried   Grapes. 
Default    decree    of    condemnation,   forfeiture,    and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 28448.    Sample No. 626-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of dried grapes, 
samples of which were found to be dirty and moldy.
On July 2, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 25 cases of dried grapes, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about June 17, 1932, by Rosenberg Bros. & Co., from San 
Francisco, Calif., to Portland, Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " California 
Dried Zinfandel Grapes."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in part of filthy or decomposed vegetable substance.
On September 17, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TuGWEii, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.