5212. Adulteration of dates.   U. S. v. 50 Boxes of Dates.   Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 9802.    Sample No. 14779-F.)
On April 14, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wis- 
consin filed a libel against 50 boxes of dates at Sheboygan, Wis., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 5, 1943, by 
the Covalda Date Co. from Los Angeles, Calif.; and charging that it was adul- 
terated in that it consisted wholly or in part of filthy substances, insects, larvae, 
insect excreta, and rodent hairs.
On May 22,1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.