3179.?Adulteration of rye flow.     TJ. S. v. 95 Sacks of Rye Flour.     Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture.   Product released on bond.
(F. & D. No. 5330.     S. No. 1931.)
On September IS, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Southern District?
of New York, acting upon ai report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure?
and condemnation of 95 sacks of rye flour, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages and in possession of the New York, Ontario & Western Rail??
road, New York, N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about?
September 12, 1913, by H. Hicks, Pleasant Valley, N. Y., and transported from?
the State of New York through the State of New Jersey into the State of?
New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
Some of the sacks bore no labels and some of them were stenciled: " Unsound?
New York Prod.  Exch. Inspection  Sept.  1913."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance, to wit, weevils, and?
musty and moldy lumps, contrary to the provisions of section 7, subdivision 6,?
under " Food,"  of said Food and Drugs Act.
On October 6, 1913, W. L. Sweet & Co., New York, N. Y., claimant, having?
filed its claim and stipulation for costs and consented to a decree, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be redelivered to said claimant upon payment of all?
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bond in the sum of $300, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26, 191k-
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