21918. Adulteration of dried prunes.    V. S. v.  100 Sacks  of Dried Prunes.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. no. 31675     Sample nos. 60319-A, 60323-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of dried prunes that were found 
to be in part decomposed.
On December 5, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnatioii of 100 sacks, each con- 
taining 100 pounds of dried prunes, at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 20, 1933, by 
the Jory Packing Co., from Salem, Oreg., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Jory 
Packing Co."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 7, 1934, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.