28776. Adulteration of dried prunes.    U. S. v. 42 Boxes of Dried Prunes.   Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 41607. Sample 
No. 8322-D.)
This product was infested with worms and weevils.
On February 5, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 42 boxes of prunes, 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about December 5, 1937 [1936], from San Jose, Calif., by California 
Prune & Apricot Growers Association Plant No. 11, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Golden Glow Brand * * * Pitted Prunes, Calif. Prune and Apricot Grow- 
ers Association, San Jose, Calif."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On March 18, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.