22944. Adulteration of    canned   prunes.   V.   S.   v.   131    Gases    of   Canned
Prunes.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, ad destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 33028.    Sample nos. 69235-A, 68783-A, 71086-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned prunes that were found to be in. 
part moldy and dirty.
On June 29, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 131 cases al 
canned prunes at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped^ 
in interstate commerce, on or about April 10, 1934, by the Stayton Canning 
Co., from Stayton, Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of 
a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On August 8, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
and  forfeiture was  entered,  and destruction  of the product  was ordered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.