6310. Adulteration of dates.    IT. S. v. 9 Flats and 66 Flats of Dates.    Default
decrees  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D.  C. Nos. 11191,  11310.
Sample Nos. 64804-F, 64805-F, 64814-F.)
LIBELS FILED: November 30, 1943, Western District of Washington; on or 
about January 6,1944, District of Oregon.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 23 and November 13, 1943, by the
Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., from Los Angeles, Calif. 
PRODUCT:   9 flats of dates at Seattle, Wash., and 66 flats of dates at Medford,
Oreg., each flat containing 15 pounds. 
LABEL IN PART:    "La-Nut Brand California Deglet-Noor Dates Packed For
L. A.  Nut House, Los Angeles,  California,"  or  "Packed for United Date 
,   Growers   Indio,   California    *    *    *   Fancy  Hydrated   Saidy,"  or  "Fancy
Hydrated Zahidy   *    *    *    Grown in Arizona."
VIOLATION CHARGED:     Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of one 
or more of the following: Worms, insect excreta, and larvae; and (2 flats) 
it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
DISPOSITION: February 18 and July 29, 1944. No claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered 
destroyed.