29185. Adulteration of dried prunes.     U. S. v. 978 Boxes of Dried Prunes.     Con¬
sent decree releasing product under bond.     (F. & D. No. 40610.    Sample 
No. 63212-C.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On October 29, 1987, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 978 boxes of dried prunes at Portland, 
Oreg.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 1, 5, 7, 8, and 9, 1937, from Ridgefield, Wash., by J. E. Deako; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 15, 1988, Rosenberg Bros. & Co., Portland, Oreg., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, the product was ordered released under 
bond conditioned that it not be disposed of contrary to law.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.