22945. Adulteration of dried peach.es.   U. S. v. 193 Boxes of Dried Peaches.
Product ordered released under bond to be relabeled, (ff. & D» 
no. 32054.    Sample no. 62138-A.)
This case involved a shipment of .dried peaches that contained excessive 
moisture.
On March 1, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 198 boxes of dried 
peaches at Petersburg, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter* 
state commerce, on or about January 4, 1934, by Guggenhlme & Co., from San 
Francisco, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Bos) " Buena Fruita Brand 
California Standard Muir Peaches * * * Guggenhlme & Company Cali- 
fornia."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing ex- 
cessive water had been substituted for dried standard peaches, which the 
article purported to be.
On April 9, 1934, Harwell Bros. & Gibbs, Inc., Petersburg, Va., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property, judgment was entered ordering that 
the product be released upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that it be relabeled in a manner conforming 
to the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.