30060. Adulteration of dried figs.    U. S. v. 300 Cases and 499 Cases of Figs.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for 
segregation and destruction of the unfit portion. (F. & O. Nos. 44420, 
44421.    Sample Nos. 37115-D, 37116-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found to 
be insect-infested and moldy.
On November 29, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 799 cases of figs at 
New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about Novem- 
ber 4, 1938, by Jack Gomperts & Co. from San Francisco, Calif.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Superba Brand Fancy White Adriatic Figs."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 29, 1938, Catz American Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered, and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that the 
good be separated from the bad and that the portion found unfit for human 
consumption be destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.