27070. Adulteration of   canned  prunes.     U.   S.  v.  17  Cases  of  Canned Prunes.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38787. 
Sample no. 24083-C.)
This case involved canned prunes that were in part decomposed.
On December 10, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 cases of 
canned prunes at Spokane, Wash., alleging that they had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 6, 1936, by the Western Oregon Packing Cor- 
poration, from Corvallis, Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: "Falls Brand Italian 
Prunes   *    *    *    Packed  for  Roundup  Grocery  Co.   Spokane,   Washington."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 30, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.