28472. Adulteration of prunes.    U. S. v. 706 Bags of Prunes.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 40164.    Sample No. 48126-C.)
This product was moldy, dirty, and insect-infested.
On August 20, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 706 bags of prunes 
at Martinsburg, W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about April 13, 1937, by the Winchester Dried Fruit Co. from 
Oakland, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was mfcldy, dirty, and 
infested with insects.
On October 1, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.