80764. Adulteration of dried prunes.    IT. S. v. 64 Boxes of Dried Prunes.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  No. 45389.    Sample 
Nos. 44290-D, 44291-D, 44292-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce by boat from San 
Jose, Calif., to Newark, N. J., at which port it was damaged substantially 
as the result of fire in the hold of the ship. When examined the boxes were 
thickly encrusted with dirty clay; some boxes were burned or charred; and 
the fruit was moldy, water-soaked, or filthy.
On May 23, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 64 boxes of dried prunes remaining 
Ķunsold and in the original packages at Newark, N. J.; alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about March 6, 1989, from San Jose, Calif., by Cali- 
fornia Prune & Apricot Growers Association; and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled: "California 
Fruits Golden Glow Prunes [or "Sunsweet Tenderized Fruit"]."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy or decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 29, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.