F. & D. No. 3541.
S. No. 1313.	
Issued August 21, 1912,
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1565.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF WALNUTS.
On March 9, 19-12, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a?
district court, a libel for the seizure and condemnation of five bags?
of walnuts, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages,?
and in the possession of the Philadelphia,- Baltimore & Washington?
Railway Co., a corporation, at its freight shed in the city of Wash??
ington, D. C.j alleging that the product had been transported from?
the city of New York into the District of Columbia, date of ship??
ment not shown, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Frank H. Lester, Whole??
sale Fruit and Produce, 97 Park Place, New York City. D. M.?
Gatti, Washington, D. C." The bags were also marked, respectively,?
"105," "106," "108," "106," and "107."
Adulteration was charged in the libel for the reason that the?
product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid animal or vegetable substance, for which reasons the product?
was absolutely unfit for human consumption.
On April 3, 1912, appearance having been entered by William?
Maass, the claimant, who consented to a decree of condemnation and?
forfeiture, and paid the costs of the proceedings, a decree of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was further ordered?
that upon presentation of a bond in conformity with section 10 of?
the Act, fixed by the court at $100, the goods should be released and?
delivered to said claimant,
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5, 1912.
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