4277. Adulteration of oats. " U. S. v. R Carloads of Oats * * * and 2 Car??
loads of Oats ' * * *. Consent decree of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product ordered released on liond. (F. & D. Nos. 6689,?
6705. I. S. Nos. 15515-k, 15516-k, 15517-lc, 14767-k, 14768-k. S. Nos. E-345,?
E-352.)
On July 6 and July 10, 1915, the United State's attorney for the Eastern?
District of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seiz??
ure and condemnation of 3 carloads and 2 carloads of oats, remaining unsold?
and unloaded from the cars in or near Newport News, Va., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on or about June 24, 1915, by the W. L. Green Com??
mission
 Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Virginia for export to a foreign country, and charging adultera??
tion in. violation, of .the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration .of the oats was alleged in the libels for the reason that they?
had been mixed and.packed with a certain substance, to wit, water, so as to?
reduce and lower and injuriously affect their quality and strength. Adultera??
tion was 
alleged for the further reason that a certain substance, to wit, water,?
had been substituted in part for oats.
On July 16, 1915, the two cases, which had been consolidated into one court?
proceeding, having come on for hearing, and the said W. L. Green Commis??
sion Co., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,'and iLwas ordered by the court?
that the product should be delivered to said claimant'company upon payment of?
all the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bond in. the sum of $4,000,?
in conformity with section 10 of the act, and it was further ordered that the?
United States marshal, before executing the release of the product, should see?
and require that the oats be dried so as to remove all added water.
CAEL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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