19095. Adulteration of dried figs.     TJ. S. v. 5P«   Joies of Dried Figs.     Con¬
sent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.    Product   released 
under   bond   for   salvage;   subsequently   destroyed.     (F.   &   D.   No.
27089.    I. S. No. 29289-    S. No. 5332.)
Samples of dried figs from the shipment herein described having been found 
to be moldy, sour, and insect-infested, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
On October 16, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 593 boxes of dried figs at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by George Zaninovich, from Orange Cove, Calif., on 
or about September 30, 1931, and had been transported from the State of 
California into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable  substance.
On December 17, 1931, George Zaninovich, Orange Cove, Calif., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered. The decree 
provided that the product might be released to the claimant upon payment of 
costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,500, conditioned in
,part that 
the good portion be separated from the bad portion, and that the rejections, or 
the entire lot in the event the separation had not been accomplished to the 
satisfaction of this department, be destroyed or denatured. The results of the 
attempted salvaging having been unsatisfactory, the product was destroyed.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.